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Item 5. MARKET FOR THE REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES.
Our common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol SYK.
| Quarterly Stock Price and Dividend Information | ||||||||||||
| 2017 Quarter | Mar 31 | Jun 30 | Sep 30 | Dec 31 | ||||||||
| Dividends declared per share of common stock | $ | 0.425 | $ | 0.425 | $ | 0.425 | $ | 0.470 | ||||
| Market price of common stock: | ||||||||||||
| High | $ | 133.59 | $ | 145.62 | $ | 148.84 | $ | 160.62 | ||||
| Low | $ | 116.50 | $ | 129.82 | $ | 137.70 | $ | 141.68 | ||||
| 2016 Quarter | ||||||||||||
| Dividends declared per share of common stock | $ | 0.380 | $ | 0.380 | $ | 0.380 | $ | 0.425 | ||||
| Market price of common stock: | ||||||||||||
| High | $ | 107.95 | $ | 119.83 | $ | 123.55 | $ | 121.84 | ||||
| Low | $ | 86.68 | $ | 106.26 | $ | 109.75 | $ | 106.48 |
Our Board of Directors considers payment of cash dividends at its quarterly meetings. On January 31, 2018 there were 2,833 shareholders of record of our common stock.
We did not repurchase any shares in the three months ended December 31, 2017 and the total dollar value of shares that could be acquired under our authorized repurchase program at December 31, 2017 was $1,640.
We issued 100 shares of our common stock in the fourth quarter of 2017 as performance incentive awards. These shares were not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 based on the conclusion that the awards would not be events of sale within the meaning of Section 2(a)(3) of the Act.
The following graph compares our total returns (including reinvestments of dividends) against the Standard & Poor’s (S&P) 500 Index and the S&P 500 Health Care Index. The graph assumes $100 (not in millions) invested on December 31, 2012 in our common stock and each of the indices.
| Company / Index | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | ||||||||||||
| Stryker Corporation | $ | 100.00 | $ | 139.29 | $ | 177.47 | $ | 177.51 | $ | 231.94 | $ | 303.46 | ||||||
| S&P 500 Index | $ | 100.00 | $ | 132.39 | $ | 150.51 | $ | 152.59 | $ | 170.84 | $ | 208.14 | ||||||
| S&P 500 Health Care Index | $ | 100.00 | $ | 141.46 | $ | 177.30 | $ | 189.52 | $ | 184.42 | $ | 225.13 |
| Dollar amounts in millions except per share amounts or as otherwise specified. | 6 |
STRYKER CORPORATION 2017 FORM 10-K
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