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Interlake

IK · Furniture · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to February 10, 1999 (31.1 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Interlake was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on September 30, 1987, the market valued it at $635 million. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $7.12, -58.7% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1968-011999-02
Peak market value$635 millionSeptember 30, 1987
Highest split-adjusted share price$17.25October 11, 1989
Last share price$7.12February 10, 1999
From its split-adjusted high to the end-58.7%
Return over the days in our data+1214.5%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-17.2%February 14, 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 1968.

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