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Ames Dept Stores Inc

AMESQ · Department Stores · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to September 4, 1992 (24.7 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Ames Dept Stores Inc was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on June 27, 1986, the market valued it at $1.3 billion. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $0.06, -99.8% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: likely failure.

1968-011992-09
Peak market value$1.3 billionJune 27, 1986
Highest split-adjusted share price$33.78April 22, 1986
Last share price$0.06September 4, 1992
From its split-adjusted high to the end-99.8%
Return over the days in our data-82.1%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-88.9%September 4, 1992

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.

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