Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity
Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
The Company’s common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol: ALG. On February 18, 2022, there were 11,934,602 shares of common stock outstanding, held by approximately 84 holders of record, but the total number of beneficial owners of the Company’s common stock exceeds this number. On February 18, 2022, the closing price of the common stock on the New York Stock Exchange was $136.62 per share.
On January 3, 2022, the Board of Directors of the Company declared a quarterly dividend of $0.18 per share which was paid on February 1, 2022 to holders of record as of January 18, 2022. The Company expects to continue its policy of paying regular cash dividends, although there is no assurance as to future dividends as they depend on future earnings, capital requirements and financial condition. In addition, the payment of dividends is subject to restrictions under the Company’s bank revolving credit agreement. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Liquidity and Capital Resources” in Item 7 of Part II of this Annual Report on Form 10 - K for a further description of the bank revolving credit agreement.
Information relating to compensation plans under which equity securities of the Company are authorized for issuance is set forth in Part III, Item 12 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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Stock Price Performance Graph
The information contained in this Stock Performance Graph section shall not be deemed to be “soliciting material” or “filed” with the SEC or subject to the liabilities of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, except to the extent that Alamo Group Inc. specifically incorporates it by reference into a document filed under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.
The following graph and table set forth the cumulative total return to the Company's stockholders of our Common Stock during a five-year period ended December 31, 2021, as well as the performance of an overall stock market index (the S&P SmallCap 600 Index) and the Company's selected peer group index (the Russell 2000 Index).
The Company believes a representative industry peer group of companies with a similar business segment profile does not exist. The SEC has indicated that companies may use a base other than industry or line of business for determining its peer group index, such as an index of companies with similar market capitalization. Accordingly, the Company has selected the Russell 2000 Index, a widely used small market capitalization index, to use as a representative peer group.
*$100 invested on 12/31/16 in stock or index, including reinvestment of dividends.
Fiscal year ending December 31.
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Alamo Group Inc. 100.00 149.01 102.53 167.31 184.72 197.82
S&P SmallCap 600
100.00 113.23 103.63 127.24 141.60 179.58
Russell 2000
100.00 114.65 102.02 128.06 153.62 176.39
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Purchase of Equity Securities
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in April of 2020, the Company announced that it had temporarily suspended its share repurchase program for the year.
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