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Edison Brothers Stores

EDBR. · Apparel Stores · NASDAQ · in our data January 2, 1968 to March 8, 1999 (31.2 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Edison Brothers Stores was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on February 4, 1993, the market valued it at $1.1 billion. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $0.31, -99.9% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: likely failure.

1968-011999-03
Peak market value$1.1 billionFebruary 4, 1993
Highest split-adjusted share price$220.06February 4, 1993
Last share price$0.31March 8, 1999
From its split-adjusted high to the end-99.9%
Return over the days in our data-95.7%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-55.6%March 10, 1997

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.

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Also gone in 1999: Apparel Stores