Vitran Corporation (VTNC)

6.58 -0.42  -6.00%  Jun 01, 11:05AM Go Pro
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Vitran Corporation Total Return Price: 6.58

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VTNC Total Return Price Range, Past 5 Years

Minimum 2.30 Mar 9 2009
Maximum 22.78 Jun 20 2007
Average 11.28

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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VTNC News

$VTNC filed latest Quarterly Report http://stks.co/3dDO
about 30 days ago by MarketBrief
Vitran Reports 2012 First Quarter Results
Apr 24, 6:36PM GlobeNewswire
$VTNC forms bullish &quot;Symmetrical Continuation Triangle&quot; chart pattern. http://stks.co/3N6h
about 45 days ago by RecogniaEvents
$VTNC filed latest Proxy Statement with the SEC (Form DEF 14A) http://stks.co/37GH
about 65 days ago by MarketBrief
$VTNC filed latest Annual Report http://stks.co/2Kxp
about 113 days ago by MarketBrief
Vitran Appoints New U.S. LTL President
Jan 10, 4:30PM GlobeNewswire
$VTNC filed latest Quarterly Report http://stks.co/1435
about 204 days ago by MarketBrief
Vitran reports Q3 EPS (21c) vs. consensus 2c
Oct 31, 6:34AM FlyOnTheWall
Vitran Reports 2011 Third Quarter Results
Oct 31, 6:30AM GlobeNewswire
Scopus reports 5.7% passive stake in Vitran
Oct 28, 9:41AM FlyOnTheWall
Vitran rises 21.8%
Oct 07, 9:00AM FlyOnTheWall
$VTNC amended latest Annual Report http://stks.co/Wz5
about 238 days ago by MarketBrief
Youku.com, Vitran: Biggest Price Gainers (YOKU, VTNC)
Oct 06, 4:56PM The Wall Street Journal
Vitran announces Fayaz Suleman as new CFO
Sep 15, 7:36AM FlyOnTheWall
Vitran (VTNC) Promotes Fayaz Suleman to CFO
Sep 15, 7:31AM Street Insider
$VTNC Vitran Corp Reports Q EPS of $(0.03) vs. $0.03 Est; Revenues $208.9M vs. $201.53M Est
about 316 days ago by Benzinga
$VTNC indicators turning bullish http://fsc.bz/A29 #WORDEN
about 520 days ago by AsktheDust
$VTNC: Stifel Nicolaus ups to Buy
about 764 days ago by cbayna
$VTNC: Stifel Nicolaus cuts to Hold
about 778 days ago by cbayna

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