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
Market Information
Our common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE") under the symbol "EW."
Number of Stockholders
On January 31, 2021, there were 8,876 stockholders of record of our common stock.
Dividends
We have never paid any cash dividends on our capital stock and have no current plans to pay any cash dividends. Our current policy is to retain any future earnings for use in our business.
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
On May 8, 2019, the Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase program authorizing us to purchase on the open market, including pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 plan and in privately negotiated transactions, up to $1.0 billion of our common stock. The repurchase program does not have an expiration date. We did not purchase any of our common stock during the fourth quarter of 2020 and, as of December 31, 2020, we had remaining authority to purchase $625.0 million of common stock.
Performance Graph
The following graph compares the performance of our common stock with that of the S&P 500 Index and the S&P 500 Health Care Equipment Index. The cumulative total return listed below assumes an initial investment of $100 at the market close on December 31, 2015 and reinvestment of dividends. Stockholder returns over the indicated period should not be considered indicative of future stockholder returns.

| Total Cumulative Return | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Edwards Lifesciences | $ | 118.64 | $ | 142.71 | $ | 193.94 | $ | 295.38 | $ | 346.53 | |||||||||||||||||||
| S&P 500 | 111.96 | 136.40 | 130.42 | 171.49 | 203.04 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S&P 500 Health Care Equipment | 106.48 | 139.38 | 162.02 | 209.52 | 246.47 |
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