Southwest Airlines (LUV)

8.83 -0.11  -1.23%  May 30, 10:40AM Go Pro
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LUV Total Return Price Range, Past 5 Years

Minimum 4.982 Mar 5 2009
Maximum 16.46 Aug 8 2007
Average 11.07

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/$15.00)
This is exactly like the previous problem. We received 1/15th of the stock's value on 12/30/01, so looking back we need to remove this value from the historical total returns price.
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$LUV never have been a fan of airlines but great Div and good 6 month swings.
about 11 hours ago by Crebelman2224
in love with some $LUV
about 17 hours ago by Slammer922
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about a day ago by spectre009
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about 2 days ago by Fernandinho
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about 2 days ago by DynamicDividend
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about 5 days ago by ViperPilot
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about 6 days ago by DynamicDividend
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about 6 days ago by livevol_pro
$LUV Mentioned more than normal on StockTwits - Currently at 4 x average daily social activity
about 6 days ago by TradeIdeasQuant
$LUV is a many splendored thing. Southwest up 4% (top in $SPX) on international flights news. Subsidiary AirTran to go to Mexico, Caribbean.
about 6 days ago by lamonicabuzz
Southwest's Gain Is United's Loss
May 24, 2:34PM Fool
$luv went unchallenged during their growth. with frontier $rjet, they now have stiff competition, and no longer have profitable oil futures.
about 6 days ago by pss
was long $luv &amp; $cost for a little at market lows over the past few weeks. paying big now!
about 6 days ago by paulwickes3
$luv grew due to the futures market. they no longer have that advantage.
about 6 days ago by pss
$LUV 200 Day SMA Cross - Price crossed above 200 day SMA (8.479). Confirmed by volume.
about 6 days ago by TradeIdeasQuant
now that $dal buying a refinery has had a chance to be priced, it&#39;s still a better move than playing with the futures market like $luv did.
about 7 days ago by pss
$LUV has no love for my portfolio today. Down .10
about 7 days ago by BigKarma
Taking a position here on $LUV. 2K long.
about 8 days ago by BigKarma
RT @gtlackey RS Gainers (20in5) $WMT $GILD $CRM $ALXN $SBUX $RGLD $LSTR $DGX $HCA $LUV
about 9 days ago by hertcapital
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about 9 days ago by gtlackey
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May 17, 4:52PM Fox Business
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about 13 days ago by stockspot
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