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Mayors Jewelers Inc

MYR · Retail · AMEX · in our data August 11, 1987 to November 14, 2005 (18.3 years)

The first trading day in our data for Mayors Jewelers Inc is August 11, 1987 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on October 6, 1989, the market valued it at $727 million. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $0.54, -98.4% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: merged or acquired.

1987-082005-11
Peak market value$727 millionOctober 6, 1989
Highest split-adjusted share price$33.37October 6, 1989
Last share price$0.54November 14, 2005
From its split-adjusted high to the end-98.4%
Return over the days in our data-90.7%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-45.3%March 6, 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 1987.

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Also gone in 2005: Retail