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Big Lots

BIG · Department Stores · NYSE · in our data June 20, 1985 to September 6, 2024 (39.2 years)

The first trading day in our data for Big Lots is June 20, 1985 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on March 17, 1998, the market valued it at $4.9 billion. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $0.50, -99.3% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: likely failure.

1985-062024-09
Peak market value$4.9 billionMarch 17, 1998
Highest split-adjusted share price$65.91June 8, 2021
Last share price$0.50September 6, 2024
From its split-adjusted high to the end-99.3%
Return over the days in our data-75.8%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-38.4%August 29, 2024

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.

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