Question

You purchased 100 shares of stock for a share price of $16.47. You sold the stock two years later for a share price of $19.33. You also received total dividend payments of $0.72 per share. What was your total return on your investment?

Answer 1

Total return in dollar	=	Number of shares*(D+(P1-P0))
	=	100*(0.72+(19.33-16.47))
	=	$ 358.00
Where,
D	=	$       0.72
P0	=	$    16.47
P1	=	$    19.33
Total return (%)	=	(D+(P1-P0))/P0
	=	(0.72+(19.33-16.47))/16.47
	=	21.74%
Where,
D	=	$       0.72
P0	=	$    16.47
P1	=	$    19.33