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Aramark

RMK · Restaurants · NYSE · in our data December 11, 2001 to January 26, 2007 (5.1 years)

The first trading day in our data for Aramark is December 11, 2001 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on January 26, 2007, the market valued it at $4.2 billion. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $33.78. Our data does not say why it stopped trading. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

2001-122007-01
Peak market value$4.2 billionJanuary 26, 2007
Highest split-adjusted share price$34.02May 5, 2006
Last share price$33.78January 26, 2007
From its split-adjusted high to the end-0.7%
Return over the days in our data+36.7%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-5.9%July 9, 2002

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 2001.

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Also gone in 2007: Restaurants