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Equitable of Iowa Cos

EIC · Insurance · NYSE · in our data December 14, 1972 to October 24, 1997 (24.9 years)

Our price history begins on December 14, 1972, and Equitable of Iowa Cos was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on October 15, 1997, the market valued it at $2.2 billion. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $66.94. The delisting record says: delisted or deregistered. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1972-121997-10
Peak market value$2.2 billionOctober 15, 1997
Highest split-adjusted share price$67.56October 15, 1997
Last share price$66.94October 24, 1997
From its split-adjusted high to the end-0.9%
Return over the days in our data+6056.9%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-18.9%March 20, 1978

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

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