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Mead Corporation

MEA · Paper · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to January 29, 2002 (34.1 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Mead Corporation was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on July 22, 1999, the market valued it at $4.7 billion. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $32.88. Our data does not say why it stopped trading. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1968-012002-01
Peak market value$4.7 billionJuly 22, 1999
Highest split-adjusted share price$43.63July 22, 1999
Last share price$32.88January 29, 2002
From its split-adjusted high to the end-24.6%
Return over the days in our data+3649.1%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-24.5%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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