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Gulf South Med Supply Inc

GSMS · Wholesale · NASDAQ · in our data March 24, 1994 to March 26, 1998 (4 years)

The first trading day in our data for Gulf South Med Supply Inc is March 24, 1994 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on May 20, 1996, the market valued it at $688 million. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $39.25. The delisting record says: delisted or deregistered. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1994-031998-03
Peak market value$688 millionMay 20, 1996
Highest split-adjusted share price$49.25May 20, 1996
Last share price$39.25March 26, 1998
From its split-adjusted high to the end-20.3%
Return over the days in our data+241.3%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-38.2%July 23, 1996

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: Wholesale