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CBS

CBS · Telecom & Media · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to May 3, 2000 (32.3 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and CBS was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on February 8, 2000, the market valued it at $50.3 billion. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $58.75, -10.9% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1968-012000-05
Peak market value$50.3 billionFebruary 8, 2000
Highest split-adjusted share price$65.94February 8, 2000
Last share price$58.75May 3, 2000
From its split-adjusted high to the end-10.9%
Return over the days in our data+2014.3%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-33.5%October 19, 1987

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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