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Macfrugals Bargains

MFI · Department Stores · NYSE · in our data December 14, 1972 to January 16, 1998 (25.1 years)

Our price history begins on December 14, 1972, and Macfrugals Bargains was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on June 26, 1986, the market valued it at $1.2 billion. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $40.50. Our data does not say why it stopped trading. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1972-121998-01
Peak market value$1.2 billionJune 26, 1986
Highest split-adjusted share price$43.69December 4, 1997
Last share price$40.50January 16, 1998
From its split-adjusted high to the end-7.3%
Return over the days in our data+8745.1%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-19.0%October 16, 1990

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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Also gone in 1998: Department Stores