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Canadian Superior Oil

CDS · Unknown · AMEX · in our data January 2, 1968 to January 2, 1980 (12 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Canadian Superior Oil was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on December 17, 1979, the market valued it at $1.7 billion. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $172.00. Our data does not say why it stopped trading. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1968-011980-01
Peak market value$1.7 billionDecember 17, 1979
Highest split-adjusted share price$183.25December 17, 1979
Last share price$172.00January 2, 1980
From its split-adjusted high to the end-6.1%
Return over the days in our data+290.9%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-13.2%December 9, 1974

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 1980: Unknown