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Minstar Inc

5628C · Unknown · NASDAQ · in our data April 21, 1970 to November 10, 1988 (18.6 years)

The first trading day in our data for Minstar Inc is April 21, 1970 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on June 30, 1986, the market valued it at $614 million. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $23.00. Our data does not say why it stopped trading. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1970-041988-11
Peak market value$614 millionJune 30, 1986
Highest split-adjusted share price$35.25June 27, 1986
Last share price$23.00November 10, 1988
From its split-adjusted high to the end-34.8%
Return over the days in our data+174.8%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-55.6%February 18, 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 1970.

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Also gone in 1988: Unknown