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Eastern Air Lines

QCTA1 · Unknown · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to November 25, 1986 (18.9 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Eastern Air Lines was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on October 30, 1986, the market valued it at $692 million. By the end it had fallen hard: the last trade was $9.25, -78.6% from its split-adjusted high. Our data does not say why it stopped trading.

1968-011986-11
Peak market value$692 millionOctober 30, 1986
Highest split-adjusted share price$43.32January 2, 1968
Last share price$9.25November 25, 1986
From its split-adjusted high to the end-78.6%
Return over the days in our data-79.0%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-20.5%November 8, 1984

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. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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Also gone in 1986: Unknown