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Briggs & Stratton

BGG · Machinery & Computers · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to July 20, 2020 (52.5 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Briggs & Stratton was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on December 30, 2004, the market valued it at $2.1 billion. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $0.55, -98.0% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: dropped by the exchange (failure).

1968-012020-07
Peak market value$2.1 billionDecember 30, 2004
Highest split-adjusted share price$27.93July 1, 2004
Last share price$0.55July 20, 2020
From its split-adjusted high to the end-98.0%
Return over the days in our data+21.9%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-44.5%August 15, 2019

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. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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