CAI International (CAP)

18.82 -0.02  -0.11%  May 25, 11:00PM Go Pro
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CAP Total Return Price Range, Past 5 Years

Minimum 2.15 Jan 23 2009
Maximum 26.82 Apr 4 2011
Average 13.00

About Total Return Price

Total return price is a theoretical price that helps investors look at their returns over time, accounting for both price appreciation and dividends received rather than price alone. It is the best way to calculate the actual returns on a stock over a period of time.

YCharts' total return price assumes that all dividends were reinvested and that no taxes were collected on dividend payments. This follows Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP) methodology.

When calculating the return on an investment, an investor should look both at the changes in the value of the stock price as well as the gains from dividend payments. For example, if you buy a stock for $10, its price appreciates to $15 and it pays a $1 dividend, and you sell it, you have made $5 from the change in price and $1 from dividends. This $6 increase is your total gain, and your total return is 60%.

The total return price helps you to look backward to determine an equivalent price that you would have paid to get the same returns from a stock that paid no dividends (also adjusted for splits). Let's look at the previous example again.

Assumptions:
Price paid (1/1/01): $10.00
Closing price (12/30/01): $15.00
Dividend Paid (12/31/01): $1.00
Closing Price (12/31/01): $15.00

Your total returns for the year: $6.00 or 60%

Calculating Total Return Price:

12/31/01:
Actual Price: $15.00
Total Return Price: $15.00
The most recent total return price is always equal to the current price.

12/30/01:
Actual Price: $15.00
Total Return Price: $14.00 = $15.00 x (1-$1/$15.00)
The $1 dividend was 1/15 of the value of the stock, so if you could have received the dividend immediately after buying the stock on 12/30/01, you could have paid $14 for the stock and had a stock worth $15 because of the dividend that was paid.

1/1/01:
Actual Price: $10.00
Total Return Price: $9.33 = $10 x (1-$1/$15.00)
This is exactly like the previous problem. We received 1/15th of the stock's value on 12/30/01, so looking back we need to remove this value from the historical total returns price.
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CAP News

$CAP filed latest Quarterly Report http://stks.co/3fAf
about 24 days ago by MarketBrief
$CAP going higher
about 28 days ago by HighGrowthFinancial
15 breakouts: $ABAX (gap), $ARBA, $CAP, $CRBC (gap), $LLY, $FBHS, $WOOF. One penny stock. Good mix of breakouts.
about 29 days ago by fallondpicks
CAI International (CAP) Tops Q1 EPS by 11c
Apr 26, 5:44PM Street Insider
Listen to $CAP Q1 2012 earnings call - live at 05:00 PM, ondemand after - http://stks.co/3XWh
about 31 days ago by earningscast
$CAP forms bullish &quot;Continuation Wedge&quot; chart pattern. http://stks.co/33QN
about 65 days ago by RecogniaEvents
$CAP http://stks.co/2wS2 Good technical entry on fundamentally solid stock. Detailed analysis at http://stks.co/2wS3
about 70 days ago by VallarinoAnalytics
CAI International (CAP) Misses Q4 EPS by 2c
Feb 21, 5:23PM Street Insider
Listen to $CAP Q4 2011 earnings call - live at 05:00 PM, ondemand after - http://stks.co/2V1O
about 96 days ago by earningscast
$CAP created a wholly owned sub, CAI Rail Inc., to buy and lease-out a fleet of railcars in US according to 8-k filed today
about 140 days ago by negativebid
The 12 Names of Christmas
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Dec 16, 12:00AM Zacks
$CAP filed latest Quarterly Report http://stks.co/vuh
about 208 days ago by MarketBrief
CAI Int'l (CAP) Approves Common Buyback Plan
Sep 26, 9:35AM Street Insider
What is going on with $CAP? ?
about 307 days ago by NMUlaxin
$CAP earnings will surprise all, debt deal weighing down on this. X-mas consumer shipments will grow these profits over 6 month.
about 315 days ago by NMUlaxin
$CAP estimates at 30.00/shr rating, 8 BUY ratings too and sticking for a month yet slim negative movement? Look at the profit trends!
about 320 days ago by NMUlaxin
$BOX $CAP Great Bloomberg article on container freight shipping group. A must read.. http://stk.ly/iF1J8l
about 369 days ago by Hey_Its_Joe
$CAP upgraded to &quot;outperform.&quot; Sell-off over-done. Price Target: $28.
about 376 days ago by abubnic
A very ugly breakout attempt from $CAP today following its earnings report.
about 397 days ago by DarvasTrader
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about 397 days ago by hertcapital
Strong price-volume action continues for $CAP as it works its way up the right side of its base.
about 398 days ago by DarvasTrader
@InvestorEntryPt Thanks! $CAP has stellar fundamentals as well.
about 404 days ago by DarvasTrader
Here&#39;s a new one to watch: $CAP. It&#39;s making a nice high-volume move off the 50-day line.
about 404 days ago by DarvasTrader
Stocks on my TR1 long watchlist. $AIRM $ARX $CAP $DHR $DNR $HLF $HMSY $IO $MTW $PETD $RDC $RNOW $ROK $SSYS $TEX $TTI $UNT
about 433 days ago by hertcapital
A few stocks catching my attention for tomorrow. $RDC $TTI $CAP $HMSY $DNR $PETD $TEX $AIRM
about 433 days ago by hertcapital
$CAP moves up to my TR1 long watchlist.
about 434 days ago by hertcapital
Some stocks on my TR2 watchlist. $AAP $SFLY $STJ $GSM $CAP $MKSI $CYMI $VSEA
about 435 days ago by hertcapital
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about 448 days ago by rocketzoom

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