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Churchs Fried Chicken

CHU · Unknown · NYSE · in our data December 14, 1972 to September 21, 1989 (16.8 years)

Our price history begins on December 14, 1972, and Churchs Fried Chicken was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on May 20, 1985, the market valued it at $753 million. By the end it had fallen hard: the last trade was $5.00, -59.2% from its split-adjusted high. Our data does not say why it stopped trading.

1972-121989-09
Peak market value$753 millionMay 20, 1985
Highest split-adjusted share price$12.25November 27, 1985
Last share price$5.00September 21, 1989
From its split-adjusted high to the end-59.2%
Return over the days in our data+346.1%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-17.0%October 20, 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 1972. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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Also gone in 1989: Unknown