Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
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Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Our common stock has traded under the symbol DECK on the NYSE since May 2014 and was traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market prior to that date.
As of May 17, 2019, we had 41 stockholders of record based on the records of our transfer agent, which does not include beneficial owners of our common stock whose shares are held in the names of various securities brokers, dealers and registered clearing agencies.
We did not sell any equity securities during the year ended March 31, 2019 that were not registered under the Securities Act.
Stock Performance Graph
Below is a graph comparing the percentage change in the cumulative total return on our common stock against the cumulative total return of the S&P 500 Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods Index and the NYSE Composite Index for the five-fiscal year periods commencing April 1, 2014 and ending March 31, 2019. Total return assumes reinvestment of dividends, though we have not declared or paid any cash dividends on our common stock since our inception. The data represented in the graph below assumes one hundred dollars invested in our common stock, the S&P 500 Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods Index and the NYSE Composite Index on April 1, 2014.
| April 1, | Years Ended March 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Deckers Outdoor Corporation | $ | 100.0 | $ | 86.3 | $ | 70.9 | $ | 70.7 | $ | 106.6 | $ | 174.0 | |||||||||||
| S&P 500 Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods Index | 100.0 | 95.5 | 84.8 | 67.4 | 86.4 | 83.7 | |||||||||||||||||
| The NYSE Composite Index | 100.0 | 109.7 | 105.6 | 122.1 | 135.8 | 142.3 |

The stock performance graph and related information shall not be deemed incorporated by reference by any general statement incorporating by reference this Annual Report into any filing under the Securities Act, or under the Exchange Act, except to the extent that we specifically incorporate this information by reference and shall not otherwise be deemed filed under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.
Dividend Policy
We have not declared or paid any cash dividends on our common stock since our inception. We currently do not anticipate declaring or paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Our current revolving credit agreements allow us to declare and pay cash dividends, as long as we do not exceed certain leverage ratios and no event of default has occurred.
Stock Repurchase Programs
In October 2017, our Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase program which, together with a stock repurchase program approved in 2015, authorized us to repurchase a total of up to $400,294 of our common stock in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions, subject to market conditions, applicable legal requirements, and other factors (2017 Repurchase Program).
In January 2019, our Board of Directors approved the 2019 Repurchase Program, which authorizes us to repurchase up to $261,000 of our common stock. As of March 31, 2019, the aggregate remaining approved amount under the 2017 Repurchase Program and 2019 Repurchase Program (collectively, our “Stock Repurchase Programs”) was $350,212.
Our Stock Repurchase Programs do not obligate us to acquire any particular amount of common stock and may be suspended at any time at our discretion. Our current revolving credit agreements allow us to make share repurchases under these programs, as long as we do not exceed certain leverage ratios and no event of default has occurred under these arrangements. As of March 31, 2019, we were in compliance with these arrangements.
During the fourth quarter of the year ended March 31, 2019, we did not repurchase any shares of our common stock and had an aggregate remaining approved amount under our Stock Repurchase Programs of $350,212 as of March 31, 2019.
Refer to Item 7, “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” under the heading “Liquidity and Capital Resources” and Note 10, “Stockholders' Equity,” of our consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes thereto (referred to herein as the “consolidated financial statements”) in Part IV within this Annual Report for further information on repurchases of our common stock.
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