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Beam Inc

BEAM · Food · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to April 30, 2014 (46.3 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Beam Inc was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on July 28, 2005, the market valued it at $13.9 billion. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $83.47, -0.4% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1968-012014-04
Peak market value$13.9 billionJuly 28, 2005
Highest split-adjusted share price$83.77January 21, 2014
Last share price$83.47April 30, 2014
From its split-adjusted high to the end-0.4%
Return over the days in our data+35770.8%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-13.3%July 1, 2008

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 2014: Food