Caterpillar (CAT)

89.94 -1.48  -1.62%  May 25, 11:00PM Go Pro
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CAT Total Return Price Range, Past 5 Years

Minimum 20.36 Mar 2 2009
Maximum 115.71 Feb 23 2012
Average 68.38

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/$15.00)
This is exactly like the previous problem. We received 1/15th of the stock's value on 12/30/01, so looking back we need to remove this value from the historical total returns price.
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$CAT http://stks.co/408O falling back, under 87.50 support at 86 then some big time air
about 8 hours ago by harmongreg
Caterpillar: Buy, Sell, or Hold
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about 21 hours ago by FITZSTOCK2004
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about a day ago by pasleyt
$CAT is vulnerable, though last week it has shown some life, but the sell signal 4/25 remains solid. If u shorted 4/25 monitor closely
about a day ago by woowtrading
$CAT scary for the market, lots of open space below, but i&#39;ll be a buyer again way down there
about 3 days ago by roadkingtrdr
Both $CAT and $CMI starting to look appealing after falling around 22% from their highs.
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about 3 days ago by mytfine
$CAT the stock that never disappoints me. Why I not stick to trade this security only. Performance rating 100%. Profit that I can believe!
about 3 days ago by woowtrading
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about 3 days ago by dangerrangers
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about 4 days ago by SeekingBennyFrank
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about 4 days ago by SeekingBennyFrank
$CAT this market barometer says &quot;not so fast bulls&quot;
about 4 days ago by roadkingtrdr
ppl make this mistake of comparing $cmi to $cat. $cmi has so many more variables affecting its price.
about 4 days ago by pss
say $cat drops 2 dollars, it&#39;s much more important to get out before it drops 4, rather than to get in when it drops 2 more.
about 4 days ago by pss
even if it goes lower $cat is still at a great price for the buy and hold crowd.
about 4 days ago by pss
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about 4 days ago by FASTgraphs
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about 4 days ago by Zraic
Looking for a rollover ahead of long weekend unless Europe headlines me in the face. Short $amzn, $cat, $cree. Long $VXX, $GLD.
about 4 days ago by o_hoolix
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about 4 days ago by harmongreg
$CAT Higher low on the 60 min and closed above a very long trend line on the 60. Weekly 95 call .18 x .21 Big profit potential.
about 4 days ago by wausroamer
Market to move higher..buy Banks, Energy &amp; materials. US$ is topping. $EURUSD to continue uptrend. $AAPL $CAT $BAC #forex
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