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Anheuser-Busch

BUD · Food · NYSE · in our data December 14, 1972 to November 17, 2008 (35.9 years)

Our price history begins on December 14, 1972, and Anheuser-Busch was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on November 17, 2008, the market valued it at $49.6 billion. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $68.58, 0.0% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1972-122008-11
Peak market value$49.6 billionNovember 17, 2008
Highest split-adjusted share price$68.58November 17, 2008
Last share price$68.58November 17, 2008
From its split-adjusted high to the end0.0%
Return over the days in our data+6638.4%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-17.2%October 19, 1987

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 1972. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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Also gone in 2008: Food