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Missouri Pacific RR

UNF1 · Unknown · AMEX · in our data September 20, 1974 to October 31, 1978 (4.1 years)

The first trading day in our data for Missouri Pacific RR is September 20, 1974 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on September 6, 1978, the market valued it at $734 million. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $46.00. Our data does not say why it stopped trading. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1974-091978-10
Peak market value$734 millionSeptember 6, 1978
Highest split-adjusted share price$54.06October 13, 1978
Last share price$46.00October 31, 1978
From its split-adjusted high to the end-14.9%
Return over the days in our data+444.8%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-7.6%October 20, 1978

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 1974. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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Also gone in 1978: Unknown