CompuGroup Medical SE & Co KgaA  (CMPVF) provides electronic health solutions to healthcare providers through four segments: Ambulatory information systems, Pharmacy information systems, Hospital information systems, and Consumer and Health Management Information Systems.

The Ambulatory information systems segment contributes to the majority of revenue and provides practice management software and electronic medical record management.

Pharmacy information systems provide clinical, administrative, and financial software for retail pharmacies.

The Hospital information systems segment sells its solutions to in-patient centers.

Consumer and Health Management Information Systems offers a networking service to connect providers and other market participants.

The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Koblenz, Germany.

Three key data points gauge CompuGroup Medical or any dividend-paying firm. The key three are:

(1) Price

(2) Dividends

(3) Returns

Those three basic keys best tell whether any company has made, is making, and will make money.

CMPVF Price

Over the past year, CompuGroup share price fell over 12% from $34.00 to $29.89 as of Friday’s market close.

If CompuGroup shares trade in the range of $24.00 to $48.00 this next year, its recent $29.89 share price might rise to $30.60 by next year. Of course, CompuGroup’s price could drop about the same $0.71 estimated amount, or more.

My annual upside estimate of $0.71 however, is in line with the CompuGroup average annual price gain over the past nine years.

CMPVF Dividend

CompuGroup  has paid variable annual dividends since May, 2015. CompuGroup ’s most recent A dividend of 1.074 was declared April 10th for shareholders of record May 23rd and the payout is scheduled for May 27th.

A forward looking $1.07 annual dividend yields 3.59% at Friday’s $29.89 share price.

CMPVF Returns

To put it all together, add the CompuGroup estimated annual dividend of $1.07. to the estimated price upside of $0.71 to find a $1.78 estimated gross gain for the coming year.

At Friday’s $29.89 price, a little under $1000 would buy 33 shares.

A $10 broker fee (if charged), paid half at purchase and half at sale, would cost us about $0.30 per share.

Subtracting that likely $0.30 brokerage cost from the $1.78 gross gain reveals a net gain of $1.48 X 33 shares = $48.84 for  a 4.2% estimated net gain on the year.

You might choose to pounce on CompuGroup . It is a 37 year-old dividend paying Koblenz Germany-based healthcare digital communications firm.  Furthermore, its estimated $35.90 annual dividend income from $1k invested is just over 1.2 times greater than CompuGroup’s recent $29.89 share price.

The exact track of CompuGroup Medical SE & Co KgaA upcoming future price and dividend will entirely be determined by market action.

Remember, the true value of any stock is best realized through personal ownership of shares.

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