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
Market for Our Common Stock
Our
Company’s common stock, $.001 par value per share, is traded on The Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “IPAR”.
The following table sets forth, in dollars, the range of high and low closing prices for the past two fiscal years for our common
stock.
Fiscal
2023
High
Closing Price
Low
Closing Price
Fourth
Quarter
147.71
121.48
Third
Quarter
150.70
129.06
Second
Quarter
157.59
125.60
First
Quarter
143.87
96.65
Fiscal
2022
High
Closing Price
Low
Closing Price
Fourth
Quarter
99.35
74.26
Third
Quarter
86.78
70.02
Second
Quarter
89.45
64.74
First
Quarter
106.82
80.22
As
of February 9, 2024, the number of record holders, which include brokers and broker nominees, etc., of our common stock was 25.
We believe there are approximately 47,503 beneficial owners of our common stock.
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Corporate
Performance Graph
The following graph compares the performance for the periods indicated in the graph of our common stock
with the performance of the Nasdaq Market Index, the average performance the Company’s peer group for the year ended December
31, 2022 (the “2022 Peer Group”), and the average performance of the Company’s peer group for the year ended
December 31, 2023 (the “2023 Peer Group”). The 2022 Peer Group consists of CCA Industries, Inc., Colgate-Palmolive
Co., Estée Lauder Companies, Inc., Kimberly Clark Corp., Natural Health Trends Corp., Procter & Gamble Co., Revlon,
Inc., Stephan Co., Summer Infant, Inc. and United Guardian, Inc. The 2023 Peer Group also includes Estée Lauder Companies,
Inc. and Procter & Gamble Co. and replaces all other companies with e.l.f. Beauty, Inc., Coty Inc., L’Oréal SA,
LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, Natura &Co Holding SS, Olaplex Holdings, Inc., and Shiseido Co Ltd. The Company changed
its peer group in order to reflect the current competitive landscape in our industry more accurately. The graph assumes that the
value of the investment in our common stock and each index was $100 at the beginning of the period indicated in the graph, and
that all dividends were reinvested.
COMPARISON
OF 5 YEAR CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN*
Among Inter Parfums, Inc., the NASDAQ Composite Index,
2022 Peer Group and 2023 Peer Group
*$100
invested on 12/31/18 in stock or index, including reinvestment of dividends.
Fiscal year ending December 31.
Below
is the list of the data points for each year that corresponds to the lines on the above graph.
12/18
12/19
12/20
12/21
12/22
12/23
Inter
Parfums, Inc.
100.00
112.73
94.40
168.99
156.49
237.77
NASDAQ
Composite
100.00
136.69
198.10
242.03
163.28
236.17
2022
Peer Group
100.00
137.57
160.49
193.85
173.59
161.94
2023
Peer Group
100.00
142.28
167.60
202.03
171.31
168.21
Dividends
In
February 2021, our Board of Directors authorized an annual dividend of $1.00 per share, payable quarterly. In February 2022, our
Board of Directors authorized a 100% increase in the annual dividend to $2.00 per share and in February 2023 the Board of Directors
increased the annual dividend to $2.50 per share. Just recently, in February 2024, the Board of Directors further increased the
annual dividend to $3.00 per share. The next quarterly cash dividend of $0.75 per share is payable on March 29, 2024, to shareholders
of record on March 15, 2024.
Item
6. [RESERVED]
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