Icapital.biz was listed on 19 Oct 2005.
IPO offer price: RM1/share
Special dividend of 9.5sen/share went ex on 17 September 2013
Closing price on 13 September 2013 (a trading day before ex for dividend): RM2.40
Closing price on 3 Oct 2014: RM2.43.
Adjusted closing price on 3 Oct 2014: (2.40/2.305)*2.43 = 2.53
Berkshire Hathaway closing price on 18 Oct 2005: 84,600
Berkshire Hathaway closing price on 3 Oct 2014: 208,750
18 Oct 2005 - 3 Oct 2014
Icap's return: 153%
Berkshire Hathaway's return: 146.7%
For this period, Icap outperformed Berkshire Hathaway by 6.3%. However, the gap in the above chart appears to show wider gap (about 25%) between the performance of these two listed companies.
18 Oct 2005 - 5 Dec 2015
Closing price on 5 Dec 2014
Icap: RM2.36
Icap adjusted share price: 2,40/2.305*2.36 = 2.45
Berkshire Hathaway: 225,640
Icap's return: 145%
Berkshire Hathaway's return: 166.7%
Berkshire Hathaway outperformed Icapital/biz by 21.7%
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