Assume you purchased $100$ shares of stock at the beginning of the year for $70$ per share. A year later the stock was worth $78$ per share and paid a dividend of $2$ per share during the year. Calculate the holding period return as a percentage of the initial investment.

$143\%$

$7\mathrm{.}24\%$

$1\mathrm{.}43\%$

None of the other options