Question

Nico bought 500 shares of a stock for $24.00 per share on January 1, 2013. He received a dividend of $2.50 per share at the end of 2013 and $4.00 per share at the end of 2014. At the end of 2015, Nico collected a dividend of $3.00 per share and sold his stock for $20.00 per share. What is Nico's realized total rate of return?

A) -12.5%
B) 12.5%
C) -20.7%
D) 20.7%
How to calculate that?

Answer 1

22.92%

Step-by-step explanation:

For computing the realized total rate of return, first we have to determine the total share price which is shown below:

Total share price = Sale price of share + dividend end of 2013 + dividend end of 2014 + dividend end of 2015

= $20 + $2.5 + $4 + $3

= $29.50

And, the purchase price is $24

So, the return would be

= Total share price - purchase price

= $29.50 - $24

= $5.50

Now the realized total rate of return would be

= Return ÷ Purchase price

= $5.50 ÷ $24

= 22.92%

This is the answer but the same is not provided in the given options