Mercury General Corporation (MCY)

43.70 +0.03  +0.07%  May 29, 8:00PM Go Pro
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Mercury General Corporation Total Return Price: 43.70

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MCY Total Return Price Range, Past 5 Years

Minimum 18.52 Mar 9 2009
Maximum 49.85 Sep 19 2008
Average 37.16

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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MCY News

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about a day ago by DividendYield
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about 23 days ago by scottsinvestments
$MCY filed latest Quarterly Report http://stks.co/3dKu
about 28 days ago by MarketBrief
High Yield Dividend Champion Portfolio for May http://stks.co/3FNN $abt $ctbi $ctwx $ed $JNJ $mcy $mgee $pep $rpm $son $str $syy $tmp $uvv
about 54 days ago by scottsinvestments
$MCY filed latest Proxy Statement with the SEC (Form DEF 14A) http://stks.co/3Bhy
about 58 days ago by MarketBrief
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about 60 days ago by DividendYield
Listen to $MCY Q4 2011 earnings call (EPS 0.59 vs est 0.67) - live at 01:00 PM, ondemand after - http://stks.co/2GXR
about 114 days ago by earningscast
Stocks trading ex-dividend in one week: http://stks.co/1P19 / Raised payouts from $MRK $ALB $HOT $MCC $MCY $NEU $NJR $NMFC $WHG and more
about 176 days ago by DynamicDividend
Double-Digit Returns In A Flat Market
Dec 02, 2:47PM Seeking Alpha
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about 205 days ago by scottsinvestments
$MCY filed latest Quarterly Report http://stks.co/w2d
about 210 days ago by MarketBrief
Mercury&#39;s Dividend Growth Streak Reaches 25 Years: http://stks.co/sox / $MCY yields 5.52%
about 212 days ago by DynamicDividend
$MCY Mercury General Corp Reports Q3 EPS $0.72 vs $0.67 Est; Revenues $615.7M vs $680.53M Est
about 212 days ago by Benzinga
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about 358 days ago by DynamicDividend
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about 394 days ago by mudaser
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about 401 days ago by mudaser
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about 408 days ago by mudaser
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about 450 days ago by DynamicDividend
$mcy lows 40 break was the key
about 461 days ago by danshep55
$mcy took out yest lows . lets see if it can get hit
about 461 days ago by danshep55
$mcy started short 39.99 risking .22 to make 2bucks.
about 462 days ago by danshep55
$MCY http://chart.ly/my9p2n3 big non-gap drop, now flagging a bit and I think setting up for another drop, looking 2 short.
about 474 days ago by akoptiontrader
NYSE midday losers: $CPE $VLY/WS $MCY $WHX $SYY $MXT $FBS.A $XNY $RLD $GCAP
about 478 days ago by longshorts
Notable earning to watch on monday: $HAS (Hasbro) $LOW (Lowe&#39;s) $HUM (Humana) $MCY (Mercury General )
about 478 days ago by BehemothTrader
On a side note, notable earning to watch on monday: $HAS (Hasbro) $LOW (Lowe&#39;s) $HUM (Humana) $MCY (Mercury General )
about 478 days ago by BehemothTrader

Recent Quotes

Symbol Price Chg Chg % Market Cap
MCY 43.70 +0.03 +0.07% 2.397B
MCS 13.88 +0.20 +1.46% 400.14M
MBLX 1.98 +0.08 +4.21% 64.87M
MBL 14.32 +0.00 +0.00%
MBI 8.85 +0.41 +4.86% 1.635B
MBG 27.66 +0.00 +0.00%
MBFI 20.68 +0.22 +1.08% 1.118B
MBB 108.37 -0.05 -0.05%
MBA 0.26 +0.01 +4.00% 18.61M
MAYS 17.69 +0.00 +0.00% 35.73M
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