Washington Post (WPO)

350.36 +1.54  +0.44%  Jun 01, 11:56AM Go Pro
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WPO Total Return Price Range, Past 5 Years

Minimum 286.05 Mar 9 2009
Maximum 781.47 Nov 7 2007
Average 458.27

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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WPO News

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May 30, 11:00AM Fool
WDIV-TV Local 4 News Wins In May Ratings
May 24, 6:51PM PR Newswire
Warren Buffett’s Bad Bet on Newspapers
May 22, 11:37AM Investor Place
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about 11 days ago by stockspot
Warren Buffett’s Shrewd Bet on Newspapers
May 18, 2:25PM Investor Place
[$$] Call It Berkshire Hathaway Ink.
May 17, 9:32PM The Wall Street Journal
Buffett buys 63 US papers for $142m
May 17, 6:55PM Financial Times
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about 18 days ago by elliottwave
$WPO filed latest Quarterly Report http://stks.co/3kGj
about 23 days ago by MarketBrief
Buffett is most probably buying $COP and $WPO
about 25 days ago by JackKu
It&#39;s not a great time to own a for profit education business like Kaplan. $WPO
about 25 days ago by bradloncar
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about 27 days ago by TradeBot
BREAKING: $wpo in preliminary talks to buy digg.com.
about 32 days ago by rohitjenveja
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about 44 days ago by azendrian
Every time I read the earnings release of $GCI and $WPO. I can&#39;t help but wonder where they would be without retransmission fees
about 46 days ago by PAAResearch
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about 50 days ago by DynamicDividend
$WPO filed latest Proxy Statement with the SEC (Form DEF 14A) http://stks.co/3DE5
about 58 days ago by MarketBrief
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about 59 days ago by MarketBrief
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about 60 days ago by MarketBrief
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about 63 days ago by MarketBrief
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about 64 days ago by DynamicDividend
$WPO filed latest Proxy Statement with the SEC (Form DEF 14A) http://stks.co/380p
about 64 days ago by MarketBrief
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about 65 days ago by MarketBrief
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about 66 days ago by MarketBrief
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about 67 days ago by MarketBrief
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about 69 days ago by DividendYield
$WPO filed latest Proxy Statement with the SEC (Form DEF 14A) http://stks.co/33Ig
about 70 days ago by MarketBrief
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about 81 days ago by StockTwits

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