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Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
(dollars in thousands, except per share data)
Our shares of common stock are listed and principally traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the trading symbol “NVR.” As of the close of business on February 14, 2020, there were 196 shareholders of record of our common stock.
We have never paid a cash dividend on our shares of common stock and have no current intention to do so in the future.
We had three share repurchase authorizations outstanding during the quarter ended December 31, 2019. On December 12, 2018, May 2, 2019 and November 6, 2019, we publicly announced the Board of Directors’ approval to repurchase our outstanding common stock in one or more open market and/or privately negotiated transactions, up to an aggregate of $300,000 per authorization. The repurchase authorizations do not have expiration dates. The following table provides information regarding common stock repurchases during the quarter ended December 31, 2019:
| Period | Total Number of Shares Purchased | Average Price Paid per Share | Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs | Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs | ||||||||||
| October 1 - 31, 2019 (1) | 17,432 | $ | 3,625.92 | 17,432 | $ | 286,809 | ||||||||
| November 1 - 30, 2019 | 42,088 | $ | 3,556.51 | 42,088 | $ | 437,122 | ||||||||
| December 1 - 31, 2019 | 31,766 | $ | 3,777.03 | 31,766 | $ | 317,141 | ||||||||
| Total | 91,286 | $ | 3,646.51 | 91,286 |
| (1) | 13,811 outstanding shares were repurchased under the December 12, 2018 share repurchase authorization, which fully utilized the authorization. The remaining 3,621 outstanding shares were repurchased under the May 2, 2019 share repurchase authorization. |
On February 12, 2020, the Board of Directors approved a repurchase authorization providing us authorization to repurchase up to an aggregate of $300,000 of our common stock in one or more open market and/or privately negotiated transactions.
The information required by this item in respect to securities authorized for issuance under equity compensation plans is provided under Item 12 of this annual report on Form 10-K.
STOCK PERFORMANCE GRAPH
The following graph compares the cumulative total return to holders of our common stock since December 31, 2014 with the Dow Jones US Home Construction Index and the S&P 500 Index for that same period, assuming that $100 was invested in NVR stock and the indices on December 31, 2014.
| For the Year Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Comparison of 5 Year Cumulative Total Return | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||
| NVR, Inc. | $ | 100 | $ | 129 | $ | 131 | $ | 275 | $ | 191 | $ | 299 | ||||||||||||
| S&P 500 | $ | 100 | $ | 101 | $ | 114 | $ | 138 | $ | 132 | $ | 174 | ||||||||||||
| Dow Jones US Home Construction | $ | 100 | $ | 110 | $ | 103 | $ | 181 | $ | 124 | $ | 183 |
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