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Kemper Corp

KEM · Insurance · NYSE · in our data December 14, 1972 to January 4, 1996 (23.1 years)

Our price history begins on December 14, 1972, and Kemper Corp was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on October 2, 1989, the market valued it at $2.8 billion. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $49.75, -17.1% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1972-121996-01
Peak market value$2.8 billionOctober 2, 1989
Highest split-adjusted share price$60.03June 23, 1994
Last share price$49.75January 4, 1996
From its split-adjusted high to the end-17.1%
Return over the days in our data+1499.9%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-15.9%August 5, 1975

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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