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Great Financial Corp

GTFN · Banks · NASDAQ · in our data March 31, 1994 to February 6, 1998 (3.9 years)

The first trading day in our data for Great Financial Corp is March 31, 1994 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on December 30, 1997, the market valued it at $711 million. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $51.12. The delisting record says: delisted or deregistered. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1994-031998-02
Peak market value$711 millionDecember 30, 1997
Highest split-adjusted share price$51.44December 30, 1997
Last share price$51.12February 6, 1998
From its split-adjusted high to the end-0.6%
Return over the days in our data+278.4%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-4.8%July 27, 1994

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 1994.

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Also gone in 1998: Banks