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Dillon Cos

DLL · Unknown · NYSE · in our data January 13, 1969 to January 25, 1983 (14 years)

The first trading day in our data for Dillon Cos is January 13, 1969 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on December 27, 1982, the market valued it at $659 million. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $30.75. Our data does not say why it stopped trading. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1969-011983-01
Peak market value$659 millionDecember 27, 1982
Highest split-adjusted share price$34.12December 27, 1982
Last share price$30.75January 25, 1983
From its split-adjusted high to the end-9.9%
Return over the days in our data+1021.4%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-6.9%January 21, 1980

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 1969.

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Also gone in 1983: Unknown