Best Three-Month Return

The highest total return the stock has posted in a consecutive three-month period over the trailing five years. Returns are calculated on a rolling basis.

Benefit

This measure, coupled with the Worst Three-Month Return, is a helpful gauge of the potential short-term volatility of the stock.

Origin

The company’s prices for the time period are received from ComStock, a division of Interactive Data Corporation. The company’s dividends for the period are taken from a variety of sources, generally the company’s financial reports but also at times from the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, and ComStock, a division of Interactive Data Corporation.