Span - America Medical Systems (SPAN)

17.51 +0.01  +0.06%  Jun 01, 3:07PM Go Pro
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SPAN Total Return Price Range, Past 5 Years

Minimum 6.820 Mar 5 2009
Maximum 25.79 Jul 9 2007
Average 13.05

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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SPAN News

Span-America Raises Dividend for 13th Straight Year: http://stks.co/3tH8 $SPAN
about 14 days ago by DynamicDividend
Span-America Declares Cash Dividend
Feb 16, 3:39PM Business Wire
$SPAN filed latest Quarterly Report http://stks.co/2OsC
about 108 days ago by MarketBrief
$SPAN filed latest Proxy Statement with the SEC (Form DEF 14A) http://stks.co/1yiC
about 135 days ago by MarketBrief
$SPAN filed latest Annual Report http://stks.co/1j7d
about 154 days ago by MarketBrief
Span-America acquires M.C. Healthcare Products
Dec 09, 12:38PM theflyonthewall.com
$SPAN Acquires MC Healthcare Products
about 175 days ago by Benzinga
Span-America Declares Cash Dividend
Nov 10, 8:00AM Business Wire
$SPAN, on the other hand, has a 3% dividend and a single digit forward P/E...something to consider.
about 272 days ago by MOFinancial
Span-America Declares Cash Dividend
Jul 29, 7:30AM Business Wire
Span-America ups dividend by 10%. Yields 2.84% with a 12 year dividend growth streak. (Div +340% since 2000.) http://goo.gl/eDxps / $SPAN
about 399 days ago by DynamicDividend
Weekly Dividend Stock Evaluations: http://goo.gl/hvxcj $AA $BCE $BDX $BG $CAT $CL $CLF $COV $ENSG $FUL $GE $HCBK $KMB $MHP $PG $SPAN $SWK
about 488 days ago by DynamicDividend
$SPAN 2010 year in review. still throwing off cash but facing strong headwinds. closing position http://bit.ly/gGdg9g
about 498 days ago by asues
$SPAN Q3 Recap - stock took a hit after disappointing quarterly numbers, but seems poised for solid Q4 & year http://bit.ly/aXMQMx
about 668 days ago by asues
new post: $SPAN Q2 results. 82 consecutive quarterly dividends &amp; special dividend. stock still undervalued http://bit.ly/9DHn9z
about 738 days ago by asues
Bah - didn't notice how low the avg volume on $SPAN has been - buying that today may come back to bite me
about 787 days ago by Stargazer71
Thinking of maybe picking up some $SPAN today... hmm...
about 787 days ago by Stargazer71

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