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Ames Dept Stores Inc

AMES · Department Stores · NASDAQ · in our data April 22, 1993 to August 20, 2001 (8.3 years)

The first trading day in our data for Ames Dept Stores Inc is April 22, 1993 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on June 16, 1999, the market valued it at $1.2 billion. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $0.69, -98.6% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: likely failure.

1993-042001-08

Peak market value$1.2 billionJune 16, 1999

Highest split-adjusted share price$48.50June 16, 1999

Last share price$0.69August 20, 2001

From its split-adjusted high to the end-98.6%

Return over the days in our data-78.8%with dividends, before the last trade

Worst single day-39.5%November 9, 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 1993. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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