The stock table provides you with essential information
about the company's stock price (valuation).
Stock Market Table Terms
Hi- Lo : The first column indicates the highest and
lowest prices as a result of which the stock traded in the past year (52
weeks).
Company Symbol : You can find the abbreviated name of
the firm issuing the stock in the second column. The symbol of the company
stands next to the abbreviated name.
Dividends : The amount paid to the stockholders by
the company is known as dividends.
Volume : In the
fourth column, which is titled "VOL," we can lists the volume of
shares (in hundreds) that were traded that day.
The YLD column
approximates the dividend yield. The current return on invested capital is the
dividend yield. For firms that have different stock prices, we can use it to
compare dividend returns. By dividing the current dividend by the closing stock
price, w derive the dividend yield.
The sixth column is the price
to earnings (P/E) ratio. The price per share is compared to the earnings
per share by means of the P/E ratio. For $1 of current earnings per share (EPS),
it shows how much an investor is willing to pay. By means of dividing the price
by the earnings per share (EPS), the P/E ratio is calculated.
The highest and lowest prices at which trades were completed
during the trading day will be represented by the seventh column, titled HI-LO.
The last price at which a trade was made during the trading
day is the eight column which is titled as Close.
Finally, the column titled Net Chg, which is the
ninth column of the table,
stands for the change between the closing price for the previous day and the
current day.
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