Statistics of Price Movements of W.P. Carey & CO Llc (WPC)

The price movements of W.P. Carey & CO Llc (ticker WPC) are summarized in five ways:

  • Table 1. Statistics of daily price changes using the closing prices
  • Table 2. Statistics of daily price changes using the closing and opening prices
  • Table 3 – 7. Statistics of daily price changes when WPC opened with an increase of 1%, 2%, 3%, 4%, or more than 5%
  • Table 8 – 10. Statistics of stock price changes in the 20 days after WPC had a big price move
  • Table 11. Statistics of daily price changes in the 20 days after WPC moved 5% with twice the 30-day average volume

The statistics are calculated using WPC's price data across 1,549 trading days from 2015 to 2020.

Table 1. Statistics of WPC one-day price changes

In this table, the one-day price change is calculated using the closing price and the previous day's closing price.

In the past 1,549 trading days, 51.6% of the time (798 days), WPC closed above the previous day's closing price. 44.4% of the time (687 days), it closed below the previous day's closing price. 4.1% of the time (63 days), it did not change.

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WPC Price Change (%) Number of Days % of Total Sessions
20 – 21% 1
0.06%
12 – 13% 1
0.06%
11 – 12% 1
0.06%
9 – 10% 2
0.13%
7 – 8% 2
0.13%
6 – 7% 2
0.13%
5 – 6% 6
0.39%
4 – 5% 3
0.19%
3 – 4% 19
1.23%
2 – 3% 41
2.65%
1 – 2% 199
12.86%
0 – 1% 521
33.66%
0% 63
4.07%
0 – -1% 425
27.45%
-1 – -2% 172
11.11%
-2 – -3% 47
3.04%
-3 – -4% 20
1.29%
-4 – -5% 6
0.39%
-5 – -6% 7
0.45%
-6 – -7% 2
0.13%
-7 – -8% 3
0.19%
-11 – -12% 2
0.13%
-14 – -15% 1
0.06%
-16 – -17% 1
0.06%
-17 – -18% 1
0.06%

Table 2. Statistics of WPC: Closing vs. Open

In this table, instead of using the closing price of the previous day, the opening price is used to calculate the one-day price change of WPC.

49.6% of the time (768 days), WPC closed above the opening price. 46.3% of the time (717 days), it closed below the opening price. 4.1% of the time (64 days), it closed where it started.

Closing - Open (%) Number of Days % of Total Sessions
9 – 10% 1
0.06%
8 – 9% 2
0.13%
7 – 8% 1
0.06%
5 – 6% 2
0.13%
4 – 5% 6
0.39%
3 – 4% 9
0.58%
2 – 3% 25
1.61%
1 – 2% 185
11.94%
0 – 1% 537
34.67%
0% 64
4.13%
0 – -1% 485
31.31%
-1 – -2% 161
10.39%
-2 – -3% 40
2.58%
-3 – -4% 17
1.10%
-4 – -5% 5
0.32%
-5 – -6% 4
0.26%
-6 – -7% 2
0.13%
-8 – -9% 1
0.06%
-10 – -11% 1
0.06%
-13 – -14% 1
0.06%

Table 3. One-day performance when WPC opened 5% higher than previous close

In the past 1,549 trading days, WPC opened more than 5% higher than the previous day's closing price 7 times. Of these days, 42.9% (3 days) had closing prices above the opening price, and 57.1% (4 days) had closing prices below the opening price.

Closing - Open (%) Number of Days % of Total Sessions
9 – 10% 1
14.29%
4 – 5% 1
14.29%
0 – 1% 1
14.29%
-1 – -2% 2
28.57%
-2 – -3% 1
14.29%
-3 – -4% 1
14.29%

Table 4. Closing vs. open when WPC opened 4–5% higher

On 4 days, WPC opened 4–5% higher than the previous day's closing price. Of these days, 50.0% (2 days) had closing prices above the opening price, and 50.0% (2 days) had closing prices below the opening price.

Closing - Open (%) Number of Days % of Total Sessions
4 – 5% 1
25.00%
3 – 4% 1
25.00%
-1 – -2% 2
50.00%

Table 5. Closing vs. open when WPC open 3 – 4% higher

5 times WPC opened 3 – 4% higher than the previous day's closing price. Among these days, 60.0% (3 days) closed above the opening price, 40.0% (2 days) closed below the opening price.

Closing - Open (%) Number of Days % of Total Sessions
8 – 9% 1
20.00%
2 – 3% 1
20.00%
1 – 2% 1
20.00%
0 – -1% 1
20.00%
-3 – -4% 1
20.00%

Table 6. Closing vs. open when WPC open 2 – 3% higher

10 times WPC opened 2 – 3% higher than the previous day's closing price. Among these days, 80.0% (8 days) closed above the opening price, 20.0% (2 days) closed below the opening price.

Closing - Open (%) Number of Days % of Total Sessions
4 – 5% 1
10.00%
2 – 3% 1
10.00%
1 – 2% 4
40.00%
0 – 1% 2
20.00%
-1 – -2% 1
10.00%
-3 – -4% 1
10.00%

Table 7. Closing vs. open when WPC open 1 – 2% higher

34 times WPC opened 1 – 2% higher than the previous day's closing price. Among these days, 50.0% (17 days) closed above the opening price, 50.0% (17 days) closed below the opening price.

Closing - Open (%) Number of Days % of Total Sessions
5 – 6% 1
2.94%
4 – 5% 1
2.94%
3 – 4% 2
5.88%
1 – 2% 5
14.71%
0 – 1% 8
23.53%
0 – -1% 9
26.47%
-1 – -2% 4
11.76%
-2 – -3% 2
5.88%
-3 – -4% 1
2.94%
-4 – -5% 1
2.94%

Table 8. Periods when WPC moved 15% or more

In this table, we track the price movements in the 20 days after WPC had a one-day price change of at least 15%.

DatePrice ChangePrice Change after 15% Move
Days after:14710131619
2020032420% 9.0 12.7 3.6 12.5 33.0 20.0 14.8
20200318-16.6% -14.3 -1.5 12.9 2.6 5.0 31.0 25.7
20200316-17.7% 5.5 -18.7 -5.5 -2.4 -10.2 -2.5 15.2

Table 8a. WPC average price changes following a 15% up day

Of the 1,549 trading days from 2015 to 2020, there were 1 days in which WPC was up more than 15%. This table shows the average price changes over the 1 days.

Average TypeAverage Price Change
Days after:14710131619
Avg for Change ≥ 15% 9.0 12.7 3.6 12.5 33.0 20.0 14.8

Table 8b. WPC average price changes following a 15% down day

Of the 1,549 trading days from 2015 to 2020, there were 2 days in which WPC was down more than -15%. This table shows the average price changes over the 2 days.

Average TypeAverage Price Change
Days after:14710131619
Avg for Change ≥ -15% -4.4 -10.1 3.7 .1 -2.6 14.2 20.5

Table 9. Periods when WPC moved 10% or more

In this table, we track the price movements in the 20 days after WPC had a one-day price change of at least 10%.

DatePrice ChangePrice Change after 10% Move
Days after:14710131619
2020032420% 9.0 12.7 3.6 12.5 33.0 20.0 14.8
2020040912.2% .0 -9.8 -13.6 -17.1 -8.2 -10.7 -15.6
2020040611.6% 5.5 24.7 12.5 7.7 3.4 14.5 11.3
20200312-11% 9.3 -20.9 -35.1 -10.2 -14.1 -25.7 -7.8
20200323-11.1% 20.0 37.6 25.0 28.0 59.6 53.2 43.5
20200319-14.2% 7.7 25.2 29.4 19.0 29.2 52.7 37.8
20200318-16.6% -14.3 -1.5 12.9 2.6 5.0 31.0 25.7
20200316-17.7% 5.5 -18.7 -5.5 -2.4 -10.2 -2.5 15.2

Table 9a. WPC average price changes following a 10% up day

Of the 1,549 trading days from 2015 to 2020, there were 3 days in which WPC was up more than 10%. This table shows the average price changes over the 3 days.

Average TypeAverage Price Change
Days after:14710131619
Avg for Change ≥ 10% 4.8 9.2 .8 1.0 9.4 7.9 3.5

Table 9b. WPC average price changes following a 10% down day

Of the 1,549 trading days from 2015 to 2020, there were 5 days in which WPC was down more than -10%. This table shows the average price changes over the 5 days.

Average TypeAverage Price Change
Days after:14710131619
Avg for Change ≥ -10% 5.7 4.3 5.3 7.4 13.9 21.7 22.9

Table 10. Periods when WPC moved 5% or more

In this table, we track the price movements in the 20 days after WPC had a one-day price change of at least 5%.

DatePrice ChangePrice Change after 5% Move
Days after:14710131619
2020032420% 9.0 12.7 3.6 12.5 33.0 20.0 14.8
2020040912.2% .0 -9.8 -13.6 -17.1 -8.2 -10.7 -15.6
2020040611.6% 5.5 24.7 12.5 7.7 3.4 14.5 11.3
202003139.2% -17.8 -38.0 -28.7 -18.3 -25.8 -24.0 -5.3
202003259% 5.8 1.2 -12.4 8.6 12.6 6.6 2.5
202005187.9% 2.7 3.3 7.8 6.3 13.0 20.3 17.2
202003207.7% -11.1 23.0 17.7 1.8 26.3 30.9 24.0
202006126.5% 3.9 2.9 -.6 -4.0 -.4 -4.6 -4.1
202004276.2% 3.1 .2 -5.3 -1.0 -11.1 -2.9 -2.4
202003265.7% -.6 -9.7 -7.5 15.3 10.7 3.7 -2.4
202004295.6% -3.2 -10.5 -7.8 -18.3 -13.2 -9.0 -5.8
202003175.5% -16.6 -31.6 -5.3 -9.4 -21.6 -2.7 .8
202004075.4% 5.3 9.2 3.4 -.7 -.8 14.7 3.0
202004085.3% 12.3 7.7 1.0 -5.0 .0 5.5 -2.5
202005265% -.6 -2.0 4.2 11.0 8.1 14.5 7.4
20200501-5% -2.4 -2.5 -6.4 -12.6 -1.4 -2.6 -.3
20181224-5.1% .0 .5 -1.1 2.7 6.6 6.9 7.7
20200513-5.1% -.0 9.2 9.8 14.6 13.0 20.2 28.0
20200512-5.2% -5.2 .8 5.7 9.4 2.4 13.9 21.6
20200611-5.2% 6.6 12.9 6.0 6.0 4.3 4.1 1.9
20200401-5.6% -.5 8.0 27.7 15.2 10.3 5.9 17.3
20200415-5.9% -3.1 -6.9 -7.0 7.5 -3.4 -3.5 -7.4
20200227-6.8% -4.1 4.7 -4.8 -16.3 -20.6 -38.9 -28.9
20200309-6.9% 3.9 -3.9 -30.4 -42.9 -21.0 -24.4 -34.6
20160211-7.1% 2.2 4.7 6.9 9.5 12.9 14.6 13.8
20200413-7.6% 3.9 -2.6 -8.4 -3.5 1.8 -6.0 -3.2
20200403-7.8% 11.7 39.3 33.7 25.3 17.8 24.1 30.9
20200312-11% 9.3 -20.9 -35.1 -10.2 -14.1 -25.7 -7.8
20200323-11.1% 20.0 37.6 25.0 28.0 59.6 53.2 43.5
20200319-14.2% 7.7 25.2 29.4 19.0 29.2 52.7 37.8
20200318-16.6% -14.3 -1.5 12.9 2.6 5.0 31.0 25.7
20200316-17.7% 5.5 -18.7 -5.5 -2.4 -10.2 -2.5 15.2

Table 10a. WPC average price changes following a 5% up day

Of the 1,549 trading days from 2015 to 2020, there were 15 days in which WPC was up more than 5%. This table shows the average price changes over the 15 days.

Average TypeAverage Price Change
Days after:14710131619
Avg for Change ≥ 5% -.2 -1.1 -2.1 -.7 1.7 5.1 2.9

Table 10b. WPC average price changes following a 5% down day

Of the 1,549 trading days from 2015 to 2020, there were 17 days in which WPC was down more than -5%. This table shows the average price changes over the 17 days.

Average TypeAverage Price Change
Days after:14710131619
Avg for Change ≥ -5% 2.4 5.1 3.4 3.1 5.4 7.2 9.5

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