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Babcock & Wilcox Co-old

BAW. · Unknown · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to March 31, 1978 (10.2 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Babcock & Wilcox Co-old was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on September 8, 1977, the market valued it at $738 million. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $59.75. Our data does not say why it stopped trading. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1968-011978-03
Peak market value$738 millionSeptember 8, 1977
Highest split-adjusted share price$59.75March 31, 1978
Last share price$59.75March 31, 1978
From its split-adjusted high to the end0.0%
Return over the days in our data+85.2%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-14.0%September 12, 1974

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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Also gone in 1978: Unknown