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First American Corp

FAM · Banks · NYSE · in our data December 14, 1972 to October 1, 1999 (26.8 years)

Our price history begins on December 14, 1972, and First American Corp was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on July 20, 1998, the market valued it at $5.4 billion. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $43.56. Our data does not say why it stopped trading. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1972-121999-10
Peak market value$5.4 billionJuly 20, 1998
Highest split-adjusted share price$52.55December 5, 1997
Last share price$43.56October 1, 1999
From its split-adjusted high to the end-17.1%
Return over the days in our data+1346.0%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-19.2%October 30, 1990

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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