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Battle Mountain Gold Co

BMG · Metal Mining · NYSE · in our data July 15, 1985 to January 10, 2001 (15.5 years)

The first trading day in our data for Battle Mountain Gold Co is July 15, 1985 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on August 3, 1987, the market valued it at $1.8 billion. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $1.75, -93.4% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: merged or acquired.

1985-072001-01
Peak market value$1.8 billionAugust 3, 1987
Highest split-adjusted share price$26.41April 14, 1987
Last share price$1.75January 10, 2001
From its split-adjusted high to the end-93.4%
Return over the days in our data-66.1%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-25.2%October 26, 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 1985. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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