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American Motors

AMO · Unknown · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to August 5, 1987 (19.6 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and American Motors was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on October 10, 1983, the market valued it at $749 million. By the end it had fallen hard: the last trade was $4.50, -70.4% from its split-adjusted high. Our data does not say why it stopped trading.

1968-011987-08
Peak market value$749 millionOctober 10, 1983
Highest split-adjusted share price$15.21November 13, 1968
Last share price$4.50August 5, 1987
From its split-adjusted high to the end-70.4%
Return over the days in our data-64.3%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-14.3%November 13, 1985

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 1968. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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