NPS Pharmaceuticals (NPSP)

7.93 -0.17  -2.10%  May 30, 8:00PM Go Pro
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NPSP Total Return Price Range, Past 5 Years

Minimum 2.87 Nov 13 2009
Maximum 10.45 May 2 2011
Average 5.741

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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NPSP News

$NPSP Wonder if this spike has anything to do with CHMP decision?
about 7 days ago by Random_Walk
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about 7 days ago by Random_Walk
RT @TheEquitiesRoom: EBR: Watchlist/worksheet/4 Trading Ideas: $DECK $CRR $NPSP $LOW $V http://stks.co/3wzM &lt; thanks for sharing
about 8 days ago by 1nvestor
$NPSP Close at highs, nice volume too. Can&#39;t figure out why this isn&#39;t getting more attention.
about 9 days ago by Random_Walk
$NPSP Inside day on decent volume. Higher we go.
about 12 days ago by Random_Walk
$NPSP Nice rebound today after yesterday&#39;s selloff. Good volume for a change.
about 13 days ago by Random_Walk
$NPSP http://stks.co/3pss Golden Cross, 50MA cross above the 200MA, breakingout the $7.39 resistance, positive momentum
about 16 days ago by gantosj
$NPSP $AKRX Strong today in an ugly tape.
about 16 days ago by Random_Walk
ThinkEquity, Canacord, S&amp;P, Needham all have retiterated buy ratings on $NPSP in last week. Very undervalued considering potential here.
about 24 days ago by Random_Walk
$NPSP 200 Day SMA Cross - Price crossed above 200 day SMA (6.8493). Confirmed by volume.
about 27 days ago by TradeIdeasQuant
$NPSP 200 Day SMA Cross - Price crossed below 200 day SMA (6.8493). Confirmed by volume.
about 27 days ago by TradeIdeasQuant
$NPSP filed latest Quarterly Report http://stks.co/3f9y
about 27 days ago by MarketBrief
Listen to $NPSP Q1 2012 earnings call - live at 05:00 PM, ondemand after - http://stks.co/3f5z
about 27 days ago by earningscast
$NPSP Decent volume today. Keep it goin&#39;!
about 30 days ago by Random_Walk
$NPSP No love for $NPSP? Nice breakout today, albeit on low volume. Long from 7.10. Holding. http://chart.ly/2f5qte9
about 33 days ago by Random_Walk
$NPSP http://stks.co/3YQG breaking out the channel testing the upper line and bouncing back, looks good with positive momentum
about 34 days ago by gantosj
$NPSP Flirting with breakout. Need someone to pump up the volume!!
about 35 days ago by Random_Walk
IV30(TM) GAINER $AH +62.75% $AMRN +21.58% $NFLX +12.61% $ONXX +11.05% $NPSP +10.4% $SODA +9.72% $INFN +9.02% $SPPI +7.8% $EQIX +7.31%
about 36 days ago by livevol_pro
HIGH $PUT VOLU $BBG 13580% $KFN 1653% $BWA 811% $BMC 793% $NPSP 757% $GPS 726% $THLD 657% $ONXX 622% $FNSR 504% $GRA 463%
about 36 days ago by livevol_pro
$NPSP Volume perking up. Upcoming catalyst. Approaching breakout. Keep an eye on $NPSP.
about 36 days ago by Random_Walk
@RmanAudio Agreed. I&#39;ve had my eye on $NPSP for awhile.
about 42 days ago by Random_Walk
$NPSP http://stks.co/3Ogl Trading in a horizontal channel, Bollinger band in a Volatility Squeeze, near term catalyst
about 43 days ago by gantosj
$NPSP http://stks.co/3LuR consolidating with a move over 7 targetting 7.83, under 6.38 targets 5.50
about 46 days ago by harmongreg
$NPSP filed latest Proxy Statement with the SEC (Form DEF 14A) http://stks.co/3KmH
about 48 days ago by MarketBrief

Recent Quotes

Symbol Price Chg Chg % Market Cap
NPSP 7.93 -0.17 -2.10% 697.49M
NPM 15.24 +0.03 +0.20%
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NNA 2.585 -0.01 -0.19% 104.95M
NMT 15.12 -0.11 -0.71%
NMRX 8.92 -0.06 -0.67% 136.14M
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NMD 12.32 +0.01 +0.08%
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