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Kmart

KM · Department Stores · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to December 18, 2002 (35 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Kmart was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on November 27, 1992, the market valued it at $11.2 billion. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $0.35, -98.5% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: likely failure.

1968-012002-12

Peak market value$11.2 billionNovember 27, 1992

Highest split-adjusted share price$23.99November 27, 1992

Last share price$0.35December 18, 2002

From its split-adjusted high to the end-98.5%

Return over the days in our data-75.7%with dividends, before the last trade

Worst single day-59.8%January 22, 2002

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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