Question

Suppose a stock had an initial price of $54 per share, paid a dividend of $1.30 per share during the year, and had an ending share price of $51. Compute the percentage total return. What was the dividend yield and the capital gains yield?

Answer 1

Use the equation for total return:

total stock return= (P1-P0)+D/P0

P0=Initial Stock Price

P1=Ending Stock Price (Period One)

D=Dividends

-3.15%---Percentage of total return

Dividend Yield-2.41%

Capital Gains-- -5.56%