Morningstar (MORN)

56.53 -0.94  -1.64%  May 30, 5:20PM Go Pro
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MORN Total Return Price Range, Past 5 Years

Minimum 25.93 Nov 20 2008
Maximum 80.84 Dec 11 2007
Average 53.01

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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@stockinvestpaul: Paul Larson, Morningstar - Economic Moats: Sources &amp; Outcomes http://stks.co/3fLs $MORN #BRK2012
about 27 days ago by valuewalk
Reporting After The Close Today $AKAM $CROX $MORN $LVS $ORLY $RJF $RYL Among Others...
about 35 days ago by StockTwits
8 #ExDividend Stocks With Buy Ratings http://stks.co/3HNx My story via @TheStreet $ABT $BKE $FCX $FL $GD $GG $MORN $YUM #Dividend
about 51 days ago by azendrian
how do you analyze recommendations? $SCHW ~ $VQT ~ Artisan Global Value http://stks.co/3GSg from $MORN
about 52 days ago by researchpuzzler
For fundamental information longer-term try out the free services offered by Morningstar online $MORN
about 53 days ago by robertfreedland
indeed... RT @herbgreenberg THIS IS WHY MICHELLE LEDER IS SO GOOD... Inside a glass house at $MORN http://stks.co/3FfD
about 54 days ago by StockTwits
$MORN Morningstar Clients to Get Hedge Fund Data as Assets Soar. http://stks.co/37Kr
about 64 days ago by journalistjosh
An I.P.O. Process That Is Customer-Friendly - NYTimes http://stks.co/2TKu $IPOS #IPO $SAM $MORN $GOOG
about 102 days ago by trevorloe
$MORN Reports Q4 EPS $0.55 vs $0.56 Est; Revs $158.6M vs $169.3M Est
about 105 days ago by Benzinga
Morningstar $MORN doing a lot of corporate venture deals in the finance space, interesting growth strategy
about 125 days ago by ldrogen
Tweedy Browne Named Portfolio Managers Of The Year http://stks.co/1v8t $MORN $TGBVX $DEO $JNJ $TOT $WFC $BAX
about 138 days ago by valuewalk
Is $DBLTX misunderstood? Is the fund victim of faulty analysis &amp; biased research? http://stks.co/1j6p $MORN #PIMCO #FIDELITY
about 152 days ago by valuewalk
interesting RT @researchpuzzler HBS case study on new credit rating entrants, including Kroll, $MORN, Whitney http://stks.co/1g2f $MCO $MHP
about 159 days ago by howardlindzon
Morningstar doubles quarterly dividend (initiated last year), pushing yield to 0.68%: http://stks.co/1Tbb $MORN
about 173 days ago by DynamicDividend
$MORN Raises Dividend to $0.10/Share Increases Share Repurchase Program by $200M
about 173 days ago by Benzinga
What&#39;s behind the declining ROE trend at Morningstar $MORN http://stks.co/1EWV
about 191 days ago by ShawnRobinson
Congrats! RT @ycharts: Big day for YCharts. We announced our $3.25M Series B Round led by Morningstar. $MORN http://stks.co/1Aip
about 196 days ago by abnormalreturns
Morningstar Launches New Forward-Looking Fund Ratings | via @ReformedBroker http://stks.co/18Q2 $MORN
about 197 days ago by STNet
Wednesday links: an arbitrary concept. http://stks.co/13Iw via @abnormalreturns $ADBE $AAPL $BUD $GS $MORN $XHB $KRE
about 203 days ago by STNet
RT @StockTwits Wednesday links: an arbitrary concept. http://stks.co/13GS via @abnormalreturns $ADBE $AAPL $BUD $GS $MORN $XHB $KRE
about 203 days ago by StockSage1
Wednesday links: an arbitrary concept. http://stks.co/13GP via @abnormalreturns $ADBE $AAPL $BUD $GS $MORN $XHB $KRE
about 203 days ago by StockTwits
Wednesday links: an arbitrary concept, $XHB vs. $KRE and the planning fallacy. http://stks.co/13GI $ADBE $AAPL $BUD $GS $MORN
about 203 days ago by abnormalreturns
a new @MorningstarInc set of ratings might upset its famous star system http://stks.co/12yi $MORN
about 204 days ago by researchpuzzler
what do you guys use to reasearch charts/financial information? $YHOO, $GOOG, $MORN?
about 205 days ago by turndavolumeup

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