Luna Innovations (LUNA)

1.61 +0.01  +0.62%  May 30, 5:21PM Go Pro
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LUNA Total Return Price Range, Past 5 Years

Minimum 0.29 Jul 21 2009
Maximum 9.53 Dec 27 2007
Average 2.846

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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LUNA News

$LUNA forms bullish &quot;Flag&quot; chart pattern. http://stks.co/3N5V
about 44 days ago by RecogniaEvents
$LUNA filed latest Annual Report http://stks.co/38s6
about 62 days ago by MarketBrief
$LUNA Halted on Circuit Breaker
about 63 days ago by Benzinga
$LUNA forms bearish &quot;Continuation Wedge&quot; chart pattern. http://stks.co/2haY
about 85 days ago by RecogniaEvents
$LUNA booom
about 167 days ago by tradueruski
$LUNA hod
about 167 days ago by tradueruski
$LUNA going up..pop
about 167 days ago by tradueruski
$LUNA CFO says Not Announced Anything that Would Cause Shares to Spike Today
about 184 days ago by Benzinga
$LUNA spike just bullshitted, Off highs
about 184 days ago by divtastic
Luna Innovations trading resumes
Nov 28, 12:02PM FlyOnTheWall
Circuit breaker in shares of Luna Innovations $LUNA, halted up almost 54%
about 184 days ago by Street_Insider
$LUNA filed latest Quarterly Report http://stks.co/17VW
about 198 days ago by MarketBrief
Roper Industries, Inc. Third Quarter Earnings Sneak Peek
Oct 19, 1:50PM Wall St. Cheat Sheet
$LUNA at 52-week low - $1.25/share.
about 245 days ago by abubnic
Good day for pharmaceutical/med stocks. In the green: $DNDN $VVUS $VPHM $LUNA $DEPO $VRUS $MRK $TEVA $ZMH $ISRG $PRGO $VRTX $SYK
about 412 days ago by abubnic
$luna sold 1/2 +.16
about 415 days ago by danshep55
$luna levels for next week 2.45 then highs. nice move from 2.09-2.10 entry today
about 418 days ago by danshep55
$luna highs.......flight to quality :)
about 418 days ago by danshep55
staying ss $spy $fro $kmi $ axs overweekend..... long $luna $urz $dyax
about 418 days ago by danshep55
$luna highs
about 418 days ago by danshep55
$luna looks like wants highs
about 418 days ago by danshep55
$luna waking up..... had huge run last week
about 418 days ago by danshep55
picked up some $LUNA in 1.90s
about 421 days ago by LitheLyricist
After a 16% sell-off of LUNA Innovations on Friday with the news of the $ISRG deal, $LUNA is back in pre-market with a 14.3% gain.
about 422 days ago by abubnic
@cviller sorry for leaving $LUNA &amp; $MAKO trades stranded like that. I sold $LUNA for 160 profit and $MAKO for 200 I think. Sudden errands...
about 425 days ago by Rodg3r
@Rodg3r what did u do with $LUNA and $MAKO yesterday?
about 425 days ago by cviller
bought $LUNA hold over night
about 426 days ago by treenhome

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