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Dean Foods

DF · Food · NYSE · in our data December 14, 1972 to December 21, 2001 (29 years)

Our price history begins on December 14, 1972, and Dean Foods was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on January 16, 1998, the market valued it at $2.4 billion. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $49.60, -9.9% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1972-122001-12
Peak market value$2.4 billionJanuary 16, 1998
Highest split-adjusted share price$55.07January 16, 1998
Last share price$49.60December 21, 2001
From its split-adjusted high to the end-9.9%
Return over the days in our data+24201.1%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-17.8%November 21, 2000

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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