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Esselte Business Systems Inc

ESB · Paper · NYSE · in our data September 6, 1984 to June 20, 1990 (5.8 years)

The first trading day in our data for Esselte Business Systems Inc is September 6, 1984 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on June 20, 1990, the market valued it at $990 million. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $48.12. Our data does not say why it stopped trading. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1984-091990-06
Peak market value$990 millionJune 20, 1990
Highest split-adjusted share price$48.13June 14, 1990
Last share price$48.12June 20, 1990
From its split-adjusted high to the end0.0%
Return over the days in our data+285.3%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-16.4%October 19, 1987

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 1984.

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