IPG Photonics develops, manufactures and sells fiber lasers, fiber amplifiers and diode lasers that are used for various applications, primarily in materials processing. Co. also makes packaged diodes, direct diode lasers, laser and non-laser systems and communications components and systems. Majority of Co.'s products are designed to be used as general-purpose energy or light sources. Co.'s laser products are based on a proprietary technology platform using majority of the same primary components, such as semiconductor diodes and specialty fibers, which it configures to its customers' specifications. The IPG Photonics YTD return is shown above.
The YTD Return on the IPG Photonics YTD return page and across the coverage universe of our site,
is a measure of the total return for a given investment year-to-date for the current calendar year
(up to the end of prior trading session). Arguably, choosing the current calendar year for a measurement
period is on the one hand completely arbitrary, but on the other hand a year-to-date look can be extremely
useful in the context of our country's tax system which taxes gains and income on a calendar year basis.
Thus, researching Year-To-Date Returns is good practice for investors — whether IPG Photonics YTD return or other benchmarks/peers
— and when doing so it is also important to factor in dividends, because a financial instrument's YTD return is
more than just the change in price if that instrument pays a dividend or coupon. Our website aims to empower investors
by performing the IPGP YTD return calculation (with any dividends reinvested as applicable), and to provide a
coverage universe of many stocks and ETFs to be able to compare YTD returns.
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