Alleghany Corporation (Y)

326.16 -2.84  -0.86%  Jun 01, 12:21PM Go Pro
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Alleghany Corporation Total Return Price: 326.16

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Y Total Return Price Range, Past 5 Years

Minimum 182.17 Nov 20 2008
Maximum 405.58 Aug 2 2007
Average 306.12

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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Y News

$BAM 6 Stocks Similar to $BRKA — Value Stock Guide http://stks.co/41q9 $SEB $OTTR $Y $MKL $BAM $LUK
about 2 days ago by justfurkids
$Y Insider Buy: $228K of stock bought by Brandon Joseph Patrick between May 17, 2012 - May 21, 2012 http://stks.co/3vP1
about 11 days ago by MarketBrief
$Y Insider Buy: $448K of stock bought by Brandon Joseph Patrick between May 15, 2012 - May 16, 2012 http://stks.co/3sk2
about 15 days ago by MarketBrief
If you missed it: all notes &amp; slideshow presentations from the Value Investing Congress in 1 place: http://stks.co/3k4o $TLT $AIG $MA $Y
about 23 days ago by marketfolly
$Y filed latest Quarterly Report http://stks.co/3i3M
about 25 days ago by MarketBrief
Alleghany Corp. (Y) Posts Q1 GAAP EPS of $51.17
May 07, 4:16PM Street Insider
Notes from Value Investing Congress: GoodHaven Capital&#39;s presentation on Alleghany $Y &amp; White Mountains Insurance $WTM http://stks.co/3hh7
about 25 days ago by marketfolly
Value Investing: Distilled
May 07, 11:31AM Fool
Alleghany (Y) Buys Bourn & Koch
May 02, 1:03PM Street Insider
Sneaking out the topside $Y http://chart.ly/9e5vbna
about 32 days ago by gtlackey
Looks like a pretty sweet setup on multiple time frames. Make it break the upper rail first $Y http://chart.ly/aul3dys
about 51 days ago by gtlackey
RS Gainers 20pts 5days Part 1: $SHW $ISRG $SRE $SBAC $CCI $Y $PM $TGT $WFM $VRSN $STUDY http://chart.ly/o2lwlkg
about 51 days ago by gtlackey
$H $A $P $P $Y $E $A $S $T $E $R ... $H $A $P $P $Y $P $A $S $S $O $V $E $R .... $E $V $E $R $Y $O $N $E !
about 56 days ago by abubnic
$Y filed latest Proxy Statement with the SEC (Form DEF 14A) http://stks.co/2uYU
about 77 days ago by MarketBrief
Trade Signal-New $Y -BTO @ 330.61 Limit w/303.19 Stop on the Wkly Chart w/.5N @ Risk http://chart.ly/pn3qoks
about 81 days ago by TraderFoxxx
$TRH and $Y Announce Preliminary Merger Consideration Election Results
about 91 days ago by Benzinga
S&amp;P Announces Change to MidCap 400: Alleghany $Y for Transatlantic $TRH
about 94 days ago by Street_Insider
$Y Shareholders Approve Combination with Transatlantic Holdings
about 116 days ago by Benzinga
$Y Insider Buy: $213K of stock bought by Karen Brenner (Director) on December 12, 2011 http://stks.co/1VOP
about 172 days ago by MarketBrief
Watching Tomorrow: $ARNA $BWEN $MILL $NEI $PANL $SSW $STP $SWC $THC $Y $ZOOM
about 180 days ago by AlexCollins
$Y Bought a few on the markets over reaction, Alleghany is buying $TRH at a discount to book value, can&#39;t go wrong from thesis priv.
about 192 days ago by Cyclops
Merger News: $TRH $Y $GILD $VRUS http://stks.co/1Dhb
about 193 days ago by casajohn
Monday Morning Pre-Market News http://stks.co/1DHP $SPY $ERO $EWG $GS $UBS $AMZN $VRUS $GILD $TRH $Y $C
about 193 days ago by valuewalk
Just another Merger Monday. But it may not matter. Futures down big despite biotech takeover ($GILD/$VRUS) and the $Y/$TRH insurance deal.
about 193 days ago by lamonicabuzz
$Y filed latest Quarterly Report http://stks.co/10lY
about 207 days ago by MarketBrief
$Y $HR good lookin ?
about 210 days ago by StockBrat
Is the stock split dead? So many companies with prices well in triple-digits movng higher. $GOOG $PCLN $MA $CMG $Y $ISRG &amp; of course $AAPL.
about 255 days ago by lamonicabuzz

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