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You purchased XYZ stock at the closing price on December 31, 2015, and sold it after the dividend had been paid at the closing price on January 26, 2016. Given the following Price and Dividend data for XYZ, your dividend yield for this period is closest to ______________ and your capital gains rate (yield) for this period is closest to _______________________.
Date | Price | Divedened |
December-31-2015 | 17.5 | |
jan-26-2016 | 16.25 | 0.3 |
july-29-2016 | 13.7 | 0.3 |
December-30-2016 | 8.9 |
a |
1.7%; 92.8% |
b |
1.8%; -7.1% |
c |
1.8%; 7.1% |
d |
1.7%; 7.1% |
e |
1.7%; -7.1% |
Given, | |||||||
Date | Price | Dividend | |||||
31/12/2015 | 17.50 | ||||||
26/01/2016 | 16.25 | 0.30 | |||||
That means, | |||||||
Initial Stock Price (P0) = Price as on 31/12/2015 | |||||||
=17.50 | |||||||
Ending Stock Price (P1) = Price as on 26/01/2016 | |||||||
=16.25 | |||||||
So now, | |||||||
a) | Dividend Yield = Dividend Received / Initial Stock Price *100 | ||||||
= 0.30 / 17.50 *100 | |||||||
=1.7% | |||||||
b) | Capital Gains Rate | ||||||
= (Ending Stock Price - Initial Stock Price) / Initial Stock Price * 100 | |||||||
= (16.25 - 17.50) / 17.50 *100 | |||||||
= -1.25 / 17.50 *100 | |||||||
= -7.1% | |||||||
Answer is (e) 1.7%, -7.1% | |||||||