Mettler Toledo International (MTD)

159.84 -6.66  -4.00%  May 30, 8:00PM Go Pro
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MTD Total Return Price Range, Past 5 Years

Minimum 45.72 Mar 12 2009
Maximum 191.95 May 2 2011
Average 116.46

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/$15.00)
This is exactly like the previous problem. We received 1/15th of the stock's value on 12/30/01, so looking back we need to remove this value from the historical total returns price.
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$MTD filed latest Quarterly Report http://stks.co/3fqN
about 27 days ago by MarketBrief
Listen to $MTD Q1 2012 earnings call - live at 05:00 PM, ondemand after - http://stks.co/3f4z
about 28 days ago by earningscast
$MTD filed latest Proxy Statement with the SEC (Form DEF 14A) http://stks.co/2sbz
about 77 days ago by MarketBrief
$MTD Insider Sale: $2.9M of stock sold by Urs Widmer (Head Of Industrial) on February 14, 2012 http://stks.co/2RlT
about 105 days ago by MarketBrief
$MTD Insider Sale: $2.7M of stock sold by Oliver Filliol (Director President And Ceo) on February 14, 2012 http://stks.co/2RlI
about 105 days ago by MarketBrief
$MTD Insider Sale: $10.4M of stock sold between February 10, 2012 - February 13, 2012 http://stks.co/2PLp
about 106 days ago by MarketBrief
$MTD Insider Sale: $2.4M of stock sold between February 10, 2012 - February 13, 2012 http://stks.co/2PLI
about 106 days ago by MarketBrief
Listen to $MTD Q4 2011 earnings call (EPS 2.88 vs est 2.79) - live at 05:00 PM, ondemand after - http://stks.co/2JZO
about 113 days ago by earningscast
Testing equip names acting well $A advancing for a 5th consecutive week; $MTD as well
about 120 days ago by PARmonitor
$MTD Insider Sale: $3.1M of stock sold by Urs Widmer (Head Of Industrial) on December 5, 2011 http://stks.co/1Qdn
about 176 days ago by MarketBrief
$MTD Insider Sale: $1.3M of stock sold by Robert Spoerry (Director) on December 5, 2011 http://stks.co/1Qdf
about 176 days ago by MarketBrief
$MTD Insider Sale: $1.1M of stock sold by Robert Spoerry (Director) on November 11, 2011 http://stks.co/18IL
about 198 days ago by MarketBrief
$MTD Insider Sale: $3.6M of stock sold between November 11, 2011 - November 14, 2011 http://stks.co/18Hx
about 198 days ago by MarketBrief
$MTD Insider Sale: $2.5M of stock sold by Von Arb Hans-peter (Head Of Retail) on November 8, 2011 http://stks.co/14cS
about 203 days ago by MarketBrief
$MTD Insider Sale: $3.8M of stock sold by Robert Spoerry (Director) on November 8, 2011 http://stks.co/14c9
about 203 days ago by MarketBrief
$MTD Insider Sale: $2.4M of stock sold by Urs Widmer (Head Of Industrial) on November 7, 2011 http://stks.co/13YQ
about 204 days ago by MarketBrief
$MTD Insider Sale: $2.3M of stock sold between November 7, 2011 - November 8, 2011 http://stks.co/13Gn
about 204 days ago by MarketBrief
Above average volume on move above 200d. Lower volume name, but one to keep on watch list. $MTD http://chart.ly/kjvdpho
about 207 days ago by JFDI
Weekly. On a mission to test the ML of the fork. If no pos play the battle there, up or down. $MTD http://chart.ly/qhsvn78
about 208 days ago by 1nvestor
$MTD filed latest Quarterly Report http://stks.co/yJ8
about 209 days ago by MarketBrief
$mtd nice earnings growth...look for higher prices $qqq
about 209 days ago by CPT2010
$MTD Mettler-Toledo Reports Q2 EPS $1.90 vs $1.86 Est; Revenues $561.1M vs $533.53M Est
about 308 days ago by Benzinga

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