Orion is a global manufacturer of carbon black products. Carbon black is a powdered form of carbon that is used to create the physical, electrical and optical qualities of various materials. Carbon black products are used as additives for the production of polymers, printing inks and coatings and in the reinforcement of rubber polymers. Co.'s business segments are: Specialty Carbon Black, in which Co. manufactures specialty carbon black for a range of applications such as polymers, printing, batteries and coatings applications; and Rubber Carbon Black, in which Co.'s rubber carbon black products are used in tires and mechanical rubber goods. The OEC YTD return is shown above.
The YTD Return on the OEC 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 OEC 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 OEC 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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