Westmoreland Coal Company (WLB)

7.48 +0.19  +2.61%  May 31, 8:00PM Go Pro
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Westmoreland Coal Company Total Return Price: 7.48

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WLB Total Return Price Range, Past 5 Years

Minimum 4.85 Mar 5 2009
Maximum 28.42 Jun 4 2007
Average 12.79

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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WLB News

RT @StockCats combined market cap of all the coal stocks I can think of $PCX $ACI $JRCC $CNX $ANR $BTU $WLT $CLD $WLB $SXC $23.6B - $0 soon
about 14 days ago by mytfine
$WLB forms bearish &quot;Descending Continuation Triangle&quot; chart pattern. http://stks.co/3qUu
about 16 days ago by RecogniaEvents
$WLB filed latest Quarterly Report http://stks.co/3j7H
about 24 days ago by MarketBrief
$WLB forms bullish &quot;Double Bottom&quot; chart pattern. http://stks.co/3Yvo
about 34 days ago by RecogniaEvents
Energy Sector Wrap
Apr 27, 4:57PM
Westmoreland Coal (WLB) Files $50M Common Shelf
Apr 26, 9:54AM Street Insider
$WLB filed latest Proxy Statement with the SEC (Form DEF 14A) http://stks.co/37Pb
about 65 days ago by MarketBrief
$WLB filed latest Annual Report http://stks.co/2pVp
about 80 days ago by MarketBrief
$WLB http://stks.co/2eSi broke rising trend supp and stair stepping lower, pause here maybe at MM, next MM 8.50
about 91 days ago by harmongreg
Westmoreland Reports 2011 Year End Results
Mar 01, 7:00AM Business Wire
RT @ryandbaird Top 10 Coal Stocks w/ Highest Short Interest: $JRCC, $PCX, $CLD, $LLEN, $ACI, $ANR $BTU, $WLB $WLT $CNX http://stks.co/1gjr
about 157 days ago by sssc
$WLB http://stks.co/1ajM not there yet, but over 11.75 has 10% upside
about 167 days ago by harmongreg
$WLB filed latest Quarterly Report http://stks.co/11g4
about 206 days ago by MarketBrief
Top Trade Ideas for the Week of September 12, 2011: The Best | via @harmongreg http://stks.co/AmW $CF $DIS $NFLX $WLB $WTW
about 263 days ago by chartly
Top Trade Ideas for the Week of September 12, 2011: The Best | via @harmongreg http://stks.co/AgZ $CF $DIS $NFLX $WLB $WTW
about 263 days ago by STNet
Top Trade Ideas for the Week of September 12, 2011: The Best http://stks.co/AIW $CF $DIS $NFLX $WLB $WTW 5 Set Ups 8 Trades $put
about 264 days ago by harmongreg
$WLB http://stks.co/A36 out of the bear flag between 10.3/11.3, target now 4 on MM
about 265 days ago by harmongreg
$WLB http://stks.co/5DI broke bear flag lower, supp at 9.2, 8.6 and 7.75 before Mm to 2.84
about 272 days ago by harmongreg
$WLB http://chart.ly/2g5ioow Coal stock
about 310 days ago by Xiphos_Trading
The coal stock closest to its 52wk high $WLB http://chart.ly/st66kag
about 346 days ago by ivanhoff
$WLB http://chart.ly/ynp666d Going higher with a MM target of 19
about 412 days ago by harmongreg
Seeing shooting stars in lots of coal fliers ($PCX, $MEE, $WLB, $WLT) exceptions still strong $BTU $ICO
about 453 days ago by harmongreg
RT @jfahmy: $WLT is a true leader in the coal sector, what a monster! &lt;&lt; $WLB one letter off from coal greatness and better vol.
about 507 days ago by azulgrana_
($WLB) Australian floods shake global coal industry - http://eepurl.com/cceCn
about 508 days ago by ramillav
aussie floods could help some #COAL firms $KOL $BTU $WLB http://bit.ly/eQ67Tk
about 512 days ago by charliehutch
@traderstewie another coal name i like/stalking $WLB..still to early to separate the signal from the noise after an open like that...
about 515 days ago by azulgrana_
$WLB http://chart.ly/w8p43pk Monthly chart is less interesting.
about 530 days ago by Xiphos_Trading
$WLB http://chart.ly/gwawdd7 Westmoreland Coal daily
about 530 days ago by Xiphos_Trading

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