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Amsco International Inc

ASZ · Instruments & Medical Devices · NYSE · in our data March 26, 1991 to May 13, 1996 (5.1 years)

The first trading day in our data for Amsco International Inc is March 26, 1991 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on January 25, 1993, the market valued it at $871 million. By the end it had fallen hard: the last trade was $14.12, -53.3% from its split-adjusted high. Our data does not say why it stopped trading.

1991-031996-05
Peak market value$871 millionJanuary 25, 1993
Highest split-adjusted share price$30.25January 25, 1993
Last share price$14.12May 13, 1996
From its split-adjusted high to the end-53.3%
Return over the days in our data-7.4%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-21.8%February 4, 1993

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 1991.

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Also gone in 1996: Instruments & Medical Devices