Question

You purchased a stock at a price of $48.98. The stock paid a dividend of $1.63 per share and the stock price at the end of the year was $54.12. What was the total return for the year? Multiple Choice 13.82% 10.49% 13.17% 12.51% 3.33%

Answer 1

13.82%

Explanation:

The computation of total return for the year is shown below:-

Total return = (End value - Beginning value + Dividend) ÷ Beginning value

= ($54.12 - $48.98 + $1.63) ÷ $48.98

= 6.77 ÷ $48.98

= 0.13821

or

= 13.82%

Therefore for computing the total return we simply applied the above formula by considering all the information given in the question