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Great Western Financial

GWF. · Banks · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to July 1, 1997 (29.5 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Great Western Financial was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on July 1, 1997, the market valued it at $7.9 billion. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $57.12, 0.0% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1968-011997-07
Peak market value$7.9 billionJuly 1, 1997
Highest split-adjusted share price$57.12July 1, 1997
Last share price$57.12July 1, 1997
From its split-adjusted high to the end0.0%
Return over the days in our data+4364.2%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-33.3%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 1968. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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