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
Price Range of Common Stock and Dividend Policy
Our Common Stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and traded under the symbol “TDY”. The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, the high and low sale prices for the Common Stock as reported by the New York Stock Exchange.
| High and low stock price: | High | Low | ||||||
| 2014 | ||||||||
| 1st Quarter | $ | 102.40 | $ | 87.50 | ||||
| 2nd Quarter | $ | 101.43 | $ | 91.46 | ||||
| 3rd Quarter | $ | 100.23 | $ | 90.54 | ||||
| 4th Quarter | $ | 109.18 | $ | 91.17 | ||||
| 2015 | ||||||||
| 1st Quarter | $ | 105.77 | $ | 93.19 | ||||
| 2nd Quarter | $ | 110.08 | $ | 100.29 | ||||
| 3rd Quarter | $ | 111.81 | $ | 91.13 | ||||
| 4th Quarter | $ | 94.35 | $ | 83.08 | ||||
| 2016 | ||||||||
| 1st Quarter (through February 24, 2016) | $ | 88.38 | $ | 73.66 |
On February 25, 2016, the closing sale price of our Common Stock as reported by the New York Stock Exchange was $83.32 per share. As of February 25, 2016, there were 3,740 holders of record of the Common Stock. Because many of our shares of common stock are held by brokers and institutions on behalf of stockholders, we are unable to estimate the total number of beneficial owners of our stock represented by these stockholders of record.
We currently intend to retain any future earnings to fund the development and growth of our businesses, including through potential acquisitions. We may also deploy cash to fund share repurchases. Therefore, we do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future.
In January 2015, our Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase program to repurchase 2,500,000 shares of our common stock. In January 2016, our Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase program to repurchase 3,000,000 shares of our common stock. The following table sets forth the shares repurchased during each fiscal month during the fourth quarter of 2015:
| Shares repurchased - Fourth Quarter 2015 | Total number of shares purchased | Average price paid per share | Total number of shares purchased as part of publicly announced plans or programs | Maximum number of shares that may yet be purchased under the plans or programs | |||||||||
| October 28 - November 1 | — | $ | — | — | 1,441,626 | ||||||||
| November 2 - November 29 | 1,045,000 | $ | 91.39 | 1,045,000 | 396,626 | ||||||||
| November 30 - January 3 | — | $ | — | — | 396,626 | ||||||||
| Total | 1,045,000 | $ | 91.39 | 1,045,000 |
See Note 8 to our Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information about our stock repurchase program.
Information relating to compensation plans under which our equity securities are outstanding for issuance is set forth in Part III, Item 12 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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