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Geico Corp

GEC · Insurance · NYSE · in our data December 14, 1972 to January 2, 1996 (23 years)

Our price history begins on December 14, 1972, and Geico Corp was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on January 26, 1993, the market valued it at $4.8 billion. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $69.88, -0.2% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1972-121996-01
Peak market value$4.8 billionJanuary 26, 1993
Highest split-adjusted share price$70.00December 26, 1995
Last share price$69.88January 2, 1996
From its split-adjusted high to the end-0.2%
Return over the days in our data+1627.1%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-29.6%July 7, 1976

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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