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Getty Oil

GET · Unknown · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to February 17, 1984 (16.1 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Getty Oil was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on February 15, 1984, the market valued it at $10.1 billion. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $127.50. Our data does not say why it stopped trading. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1968-011984-02
Peak market value$10.1 billionFebruary 15, 1984
Highest split-adjusted share price$127.88February 15, 1984
Last share price$127.50February 17, 1984
From its split-adjusted high to the end-0.3%
Return over the days in our data+636.1%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-10.8%January 26, 1972

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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Also gone in 1984: Unknown