White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM)

515.02 -2.13  -0.41%  May 31, 8:00PM Go Pro
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WTM Total Return Price Range, Past 5 Years

Minimum 147.89 Mar 9 2009
Maximum 588.12 Jul 2 2007
Average 380.48

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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WTM News

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May 24, 8:30AM PR Newswire
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about 25 days ago by marketfolly
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$WTM filed latest Quarterly Report http://stks.co/3Y6o
about 35 days ago by MarketBrief
OneBeacon Announces New Program Group
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$WTM filed latest Proxy Statement with the SEC (Form DEF 14A) http://stks.co/3D07
about 59 days ago by MarketBrief
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about 78 days ago by DynamicDividend
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White Mountains Declares Annual Dividend
Feb 24, 11:49AM PR Newswire
$WTM Insider Buy: $1.4M of stock bought by Morgan Davis (Director) on February 14, 2012 http://stks.co/2RzZ
about 106 days ago by MarketBrief
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about 143 days ago by lamonicabuzz
$WTM Insider Sale: $2M of stock sold by Morgan Davis (Director) on November 29, 2011 http://stks.co/1TSI
about 175 days ago by MarketBrief
$WTM Insider Sale: $2M of stock sold by Morgan Davis (Director) on November 29, 2011 http://stks.co/1RnO
about 176 days ago by MarketBrief
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about 177 days ago by MarketBrief
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about 178 days ago by MarketBrief
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about 179 days ago by MarketBrief
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about 182 days ago by MarketBrief
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about 183 days ago by MarketBrief
$WTM filed latest Quarterly Report http://stks.co/qxM
about 217 days ago by MarketBrief
So will Dennis Haysbert replace the pink-haired cartoon chick? $ALL buying Esurance and Answer Financial from White Mountains. $WTM up 12%.
about 380 days ago by lamonicabuzz
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about 408 days ago by mudaser
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about 495 days ago by vultureinvest
Esurance Seeks Acquisitions http://bit.ly/a5Ss9C $WTM
about 639 days ago by newsgirlmw
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about 824 days ago by MainStMomentum
$WTM White Mountains Ins. Grp. to acquire Central National (333.50)
about 861 days ago by Briefingcom

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