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What is the total return on a stock?

Last Updated: March 26, 2008

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The total return on common stock is the dividend yield plus or minus the percentage change in value of the price of the stock. In other words, it is the return on an investment from all possible sources including current income (interest and dividends), plus any change (gain or loss) in the value of the stock.

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