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Ku Energy Corp

KU · Utilities · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to May 1, 1998 (30.3 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Ku Energy Corp was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on April 17, 1998, the market valued it at $1.7 billion. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $44.38. The delisting record says: delisted or deregistered. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1968-011998-05
Peak market value$1.7 billionApril 17, 1998
Highest split-adjusted share price$44.66April 17, 1998
Last share price$44.38May 1, 1998
From its split-adjusted high to the end-0.6%
Return over the days in our data+3100.5%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-15.2%October 19, 1987

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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Also gone in 1998: Utilities