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Howard Johnson

HJ · Unknown · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to June 17, 1980 (12.5 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Howard Johnson was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on January 8, 1973, the market valued it at $747 million. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $28.00. Our data does not say why it stopped trading. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1968-011980-06
Peak market value$747 millionJanuary 8, 1973
Highest split-adjusted share price$28.61January 8, 1973
Last share price$28.00June 17, 1980
From its split-adjusted high to the end-2.1%
Return over the days in our data+235.1%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-39.9%March 31, 1980

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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Also gone in 1980: Unknown