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Maytag

MYG · Electronics · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to March 31, 2006 (38.2 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Maytag was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on July 14, 1999, the market valued it at $6.5 billion. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $21.33, -66.0% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1968-012006-03
Peak market value$6.5 billionJuly 14, 1999
Highest split-adjusted share price$62.74July 14, 1999
Last share price$21.33March 31, 2006
From its split-adjusted high to the end-66.0%
Return over the days in our data+2486.6%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-27.9%April 22, 2005

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 2006: Electronics