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May Department Stores

MAY · Department Stores · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to August 29, 2005 (37.7 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and May Department Stores was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on July 15, 1998, the market valued it at $16.3 billion. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $39.75, -4.1% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1968-012005-08
Peak market value$16.3 billionJuly 15, 1998
Highest split-adjusted share price$41.45August 2, 2005
Last share price$39.75August 29, 2005
From its split-adjusted high to the end-4.1%
Return over the days in our data+6295.3%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-21.0%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. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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