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Heilig-meyers Co

HMYRQ · Home Furnishing Stores · NYSE · in our data December 14, 1972 to August 15, 2000 (27.7 years)

Our price history begins on December 14, 1972, and Heilig-meyers Co was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on December 31, 1993, the market valued it at $1.9 billion. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $0.50, -98.5% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: likely failure.

1972-122000-08
Peak market value$1.9 billionDecember 31, 1993
Highest split-adjusted share price$34.24December 31, 1993
Last share price$0.50August 15, 2000
From its split-adjusted high to the end-98.5%
Return over the days in our data-5.2%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-53.3%August 1, 2000

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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Also gone in 2000: Home Furnishing Stores