Question

Wanda Sotheby purchased 120 shares of Home Depot stock at $148 a share. One year later, she sold the stock for $140 a share. She paid her broker a commision of $34 when she purchased the stock and a commision of $39 when she sold it. During the 12 months she owned the stock, she received $427 in dividends. Calculate Wanda’s total return on this investment. (A loss should be indicated with a minus sign.)

Answer 1

Answer:

Return on investment =  -0.71%

Explanation:

The return on investment is the sum of the dividends earned and capital gains made during the holding period of the investment.  

Dividend is the proportion of the profit made by a company which is paid to shareholders.  

Capital gains is another type of the return made on an equity investment as a result of increase in the value of the shares. It is difference between the cost of the share and the value at the time of disposal.  

Therefore, we can can compute the return on the investment as follows:  

Total  Return on investment =  

(Capital gain/ loss + dividend )/purchase price × 100  

Capital loss = (184 -140) × 120 = - 480

Dividend = 427

Commission = 34 + 39 =-73

Net loss on investment = - 480 - 73 + 427= -126

Return on investment = -126 /(148× 120) = -0.71%

Return on investment =  -0.71%