Understand stock prices

A typical stock will have the following categories:

1. 52-wk range
2. Last Trade
3. Change
4. Day's range
5. Open
6. Volume
7. P/E
8. Market cap
9. Div/share
10. Yield

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1. 52-wk range indicates the low and the high trading prices during the past 52 weeks.

2. Last trade indicates what the stock last traded at.

3. Change indicates how the prices differs from the previous days close.

4. Day's Range is the lowest and highest trading prices for a particular day.

5. Open is the trade price when the market's opened.

6. Volume is the number of shares that have traded to this point in the trading day.

7. P/E ratio measures the price of a stock relative to a company's earnings or profits.

8. Market capitalization tells you the current market value of all a company's stock.

9. Div/ share is the amount that a company will share with its shareholders. Money that is not re - invested into the company is divided up and shared with the shareholders. Dividends are usually payed yearly.

10. Yield indicates the effective % yield that a dividend produces. To calculate divide the dividend by the current stock price.