Price return
How much the share price has moved over a period: one month, three months, the year to date or one year.
Worked example · a round-number company
Price now$50.00÷Price then$40.00− 1 =Return+25.0%How to read it
↑Higher is better. Past returns say what happened, not what will.
Keep in mind
- Dividends are not added back, so high payers look worse than their total return.
- One year uses the last close 365 to 380 days earlier.