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American Greetings

AM · Publishing · NYSE · in our data December 14, 1972 to August 8, 2013 (40.6 years)

Our price history begins on December 14, 1972, and American Greetings was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on July 14, 1998, the market valued it at $3.8 billion. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $18.99, -47.6% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1972-122013-08
Peak market value$3.8 billionJuly 14, 1998
Highest split-adjusted share price$36.22July 14, 1998
Last share price$18.99August 8, 2013
From its split-adjusted high to the end-47.6%
Return over the days in our data+325.8%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-42.4%November 16, 2000

Share prices are adjusted for splits and other share changes, so the high and the last price compare like for like; the peak market value is as it was on the day. The return covers the trading days in our data only: it does not include what holders received, or lost, after the last trade (a merger payout, a bankruptcy), and it does not reach back before 1972. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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Also gone in 2013: Publishing