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Circle K Corp

CRK · Grocery · NYSE · in our data March 23, 1995 to May 30, 1996 (1.2 years)

The first trading day in our data for Circle K Corp is March 23, 1995 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on May 22, 1996, the market valued it at $772 million. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $31.00. The delisting record says: delisted or deregistered. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1995-031996-05
Peak market value$772 millionMay 22, 1996
Highest split-adjusted share price$31.62May 22, 1996
Last share price$31.00May 30, 1996
From its split-adjusted high to the end-2.0%
Return over the days in our data+93.8%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-17.9%January 5, 1996

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 1995.

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Also gone in 1996: Grocery