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A year ago, an investor bought 1,000 shares of a mutual fund at the net asset value of $25 per share. The fund distributed dividends of $2.5 and capital gains of $2. Today, the NAV is $28.
a. What’s the holding period return?
b. Assuming all dividends and capital gain distributions are reinvested into additional shares of the fund at an average price of $26 per share. What’s holding period return?
a. Holding Period Return = [(Dividend distribution + Capital gain distribution + Change in NAV) / Beginning NAV] * 100
Dividend distribution = $2.5
Capital gain distribution = $2
Change in NAV = Ending NAV - Beginning NAV
Ending NAV = $28
Beginning NAV = $25
Change in NAV = $28 - $25
= $3
Holding Period Return = [($2.5 + $2 + $3) / $25] * 100
= ($7.5 / $25) * 100
= 30%
b. Initial Investment = No of shares * Beginning NAV
= 1,000 * $25
= $25,000
Total dividend distribution and Capital gain distribution = ($2.5 + $2) * 1,000 shares
= $4.5 * 1000
= $4,500
The above amount was reinvested into additional shares at $26 per share
The additional shares received = $4,500 / $26
= 173.08 units
Therefore total number of shares after reinvestment = 1000 + 173.08
= 1,173.08 shares
Ending value of the shares = 1,173.08 * $28
= $32,846.24
Note - $28 is the ending NAV
Holding period return = [(Ending value of shares - Initial investment in shares) / Initial investment in shares] * 100
= [($32,846.24 - $25,000) / $25,000] * 100
= ($7,846.24 / $25,000) * 100
= 31.38%