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Mapco

MDA · Oil Refining · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to March 30, 1998 (30.2 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Mapco was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on February 20, 1998, the market valued it at $3.1 billion. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $52.19, -7.4% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1968-011998-03
Peak market value$3.1 billionFebruary 20, 1998
Highest split-adjusted share price$56.37February 20, 1998
Last share price$52.19March 30, 1998
From its split-adjusted high to the end-7.4%
Return over the days in our data+6690.5%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-15.1%December 22, 1969

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: Oil Refining