Average Stock Value Calculator
When you donate stock, the value of the gift is the average value of the stock on the day it was transferred: the day's high plus the day's low, divided by two.
Use this calculator to compute the average value of any stock on any trading day.
Find the average value of a stock on a trading day.
Enter the stock symbol and the date of the gift. We look up the day's high and low; you can also type them in yourself.
–average value per share
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- Day low
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- Value of the shares
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Note: this calculator may not be relied upon for legal values. Please always check official stock records when computing stock donation values. Prices are the day's unadjusted high and low as published by market data providers.
How the value of a stock gift is calculated.
For publicly traded stock, IRS Publication 561 sets fair market value at the mean between the high and low selling prices on the valuation date.
Take the day's high and low.
Use the high and the low: the top and bottom prices the stock traded at on the date of the gift.
Add them and divide by two.
The result is the average value per share. Multiply by the number of shares for the value of the gift.
No trading that day?
Weekends and market holidays have no prices. IRS Publication 561 explains how to value a gift made on a day with no sales; ask your tax advisor.
(H + L) ÷ 2
The day's high plus the day's low, divided by two.
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