CVS Caremark Corporation (CVS)

44.98 -0.19  -0.42%  May 25, 11:00PM Go Pro
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CVS Caremark Corporation Total Return Price: 44.98

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CVS Total Return Price Range, Past 5 Years

Minimum 23.06 Mar 9 2009
Maximum 46.14 May 3 2012
Average 34.37

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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CVS News

A comprehensive analysis of $CVS now available on the Financial Research eXchange for a sample price of 10 EUR: http://stks.co/402S
about a day ago by LogicOfFinance
$cvs short this pig is to fat
about 3 days ago by steveboy
7 Diseases Back From The Past
May 25, 6:35PM Investor Place
i was feeling so good about today, i nearly looked up a $cvs quote.
about 5 days ago by pss
Which Is Healthier, CVS or Walgreens?
May 23, 9:36AM Investor Place
Out of $V and $CVS for a loss. Out of $TITN long for a small profit. Now 100% in cash, looking to re-short $SPY
about 6 days ago by christianwj
Avoid the PBM Space -- for Now
May 21, 11:17AM Fool
short $CVS 44.61...stop 44.75 (just above 50sma) 1st target 44.27, 2nd 43.93
about 7 days ago by srmerritt
Current holdings short: $CVS, $KORS, and $V. Expecting a bounce soon, and will be scaling out of positions if so.
about 8 days ago by christianwj
Where do they find the morons that work at $CVS Pharmacy?
about 9 days ago by BaselineAce
$CVS http://stks.co/3tmG Broke through 50, shorted
about 10 days ago by christianwj
Why Did I Break Up With Him? Walgreens Probably Wants Ex-BF Express Scripts Back http://stks.co/3tbR $WAG $CVS $RAD $ESRX
about 10 days ago by ycharts
$CVS http://stks.co/3sGX Added CVS to my swing long watch list. Stalking. No entry/exit/target calculated yet.
about 11 days ago by jackdamn
Cardinal bows to US drug agency
May 15, 2:34PM Financial Times
Walgreen's Loss Is CVS's Gain
May 13, 7:37AM Fool
News related to $CVS, currently -0.6% since open: &#39;Express Scripts stock rises after 1Q growth report&#39; http://stks.co/3nBv
about 17 days ago by TradeBot
HIGH $CALL VOLU $BBD 1260% $RGLD 709% $DDS 542% $AVP 343% $JWN 341% $CVS 270% $DKS 269% $DB 263% $VWO 248% $RRC 231%
about 17 days ago by livevol_pro
HIGH $CALL VOLU $DDS 391% $JWN 309% $CVS 266% $DKS 245% $VWO 232% $RRC 192% $EWZ 175% $STT 166% $CNP 156% $ESI 151%
about 17 days ago by livevol_pro
Market Wrap Video + Additions to Watch List http://stks.co/3mmp including: $CVS, $INCY, $LNCE, $MRH, $PENN, $SYA, $WDC
about 17 days ago by StockTiger
Watch list : $DPZ 33.83 $PCYC 28.01 $INCY 23.41 $CVS 46.23 $WDC 41.11 $HT 5.54
about 18 days ago by Trade4Me
$CVS http://stks.co/3mSz Over $46.23
about 18 days ago by StockTiger
♫ Market Wrap Video + Additions to Watch List http://stks.co/3mRQ including: $CVS, $INCY, $LNCE, $MRH, $PENN, $SYA, $WDC
about 18 days ago by StockTiger
$CVS Insider Sale: $6.4M of stock sold by Douglas Sgarro on May 3, 2012 http://stks.co/3hyQ
about 21 days ago by MarketBrief
$$ $SPY 3DayCharts: Good: $CAH $CVS $LTD $WFM $NKE Bad: $DOW $POM $LM $SJM $HRS $STUDY
about 25 days ago by stockspot
News related to $CVS, currently +0.6% since open: &#39;Health Net shares sink after insurer cuts forecast&#39; http://stks.co/3edr
about 25 days ago by TradeBot
$CVS New 52 Week High - Crossed daily highs resistance.
about 25 days ago by TradeIdeasQuant
$cvs continues to be a great winner for me
about 25 days ago by The_Phenom
Good earnings at $CVS is about as good of a broad economic indicator as you can get these days.
about 26 days ago by bradloncar
http://stks.co/3dWj - Video of our entry ideas from today in $CVS $TPX $URBN $CBS $UPL $BTU
about 26 days ago by greatstockpix

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