Capital Gains Yield Calculator is a tool to that compute the return on a stock based on the appreciation of the stock.
- Capital Gains Yield:
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- What does Capital Gains Yield mean?
- The capital gains yield or CGY is the rise in the price of a security. The CGY is the rise in the stock price divided by the original price of the security, for common stock holdings.
- Formula
- CGY = (P1 - P0) / P0
Where:-
- P0 = price of the stock when we invested into it
- P1 = price of the stock after the first period
- Example
Mr. X bought the stock, for $105. Now, after 2 years, the price of the stock has appreciated to $120 per share.
According to the formula, Capital Gains Yield is:-
- = ($120 – $105) / $105
- = 14.29%
History
- Jun 4, 2018
- Tool Launched
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