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American Travellers Corp

ATVC · Insurance · NASDAQ · in our data May 6, 1986 to December 17, 1996 (10.6 years)

The first trading day in our data for American Travellers Corp is May 6, 1986 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on December 6, 1996, the market valued it at $896 million. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $35.12. Our data does not say why it stopped trading. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1986-051996-12
Peak market value$896 millionDecember 6, 1996
Highest split-adjusted share price$37.25December 6, 1996
Last share price$35.12December 17, 1996
From its split-adjusted high to the end-5.7%
Return over the days in our data+980.8%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-32.0%November 15, 1991

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 1986.

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Also gone in 1996: Insurance