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Jostens

JOS · Misc Manufacturing · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to May 10, 2000 (32.4 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Jostens was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on April 4, 1991, the market valued it at $1.6 billion. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $25.19, -7.3% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1968-012000-05

Peak market value$1.6 billionApril 4, 1991

Highest split-adjusted share price$27.16April 4, 1991

Last share price$25.19May 10, 2000

From its split-adjusted high to the end-7.3%

Return over the days in our data+3304.7%with dividends, before the last trade

Worst single day-27.3%April 21, 1993

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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