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Belco Petroleum Corp

BPC · Unknown · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to July 29, 1983 (15.6 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Belco Petroleum Corp was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on July 6, 1983, the market valued it at $905 million. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $33.00. Our data does not say why it stopped trading. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1968-011983-07
Peak market value$905 millionJuly 6, 1983
Highest split-adjusted share price$38.00July 6, 1983
Last share price$33.00July 29, 1983
From its split-adjusted high to the end-13.2%
Return over the days in our data+218.1%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-19.4%April 7, 1970

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 1983: Unknown