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Cattlesale Co

CTLE. · Retail · NYSE · in our data December 14, 1972 to August 21, 1998 (25.7 years)

Our price history begins on December 14, 1972, and Cattlesale Co was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on May 29, 1981, the market valued it at $1.3 billion. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $0.56, -97.8% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: likely failure.

1972-121998-08
Peak market value$1.3 billionMay 29, 1981
Highest split-adjusted share price$25.44June 1, 1981
Last share price$0.56August 21, 1998
From its split-adjusted high to the end-97.8%
Return over the days in our data-67.8%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-37.5%August 7, 1998

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 1972.

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