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Esmark

ESM · Unknown · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to August 6, 1984 (16.6 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Esmark was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on August 1, 1984, the market valued it at $2.5 billion. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $59.38. Our data does not say why it stopped trading. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1968-011984-08

Peak market value$2.5 billionAugust 1, 1984

Highest split-adjusted share price$59.88June 19, 1984

Last share price$59.38August 6, 1984

From its split-adjusted high to the end-0.8%

Return over the days in our data+1221.7%with dividends, before the last trade

Worst single day-12.6%May 23, 1968

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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