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Mary Kay Corp

5698C · Unknown · NYSE · in our data December 14, 1972 to December 4, 1985 (13 years)

Our price history begins on December 14, 1972, and Mary Kay Corp was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on April 14, 1983, the market valued it at $1.3 billion. By the end it had fallen hard: the last trade was $14.38, -66.7% from its split-adjusted high. Our data does not say why it stopped trading.

1972-121985-12
Peak market value$1.3 billionApril 14, 1983
Highest split-adjusted share price$43.16April 14, 1983
Last share price$14.38December 4, 1985
From its split-adjusted high to the end-66.7%
Return over the days in our data+338.2%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-21.6%October 19, 1981

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 1985: Unknown