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Nielsen (a.c.) Co

NIELA · Unknown · NASDAQ · in our data December 14, 1972 to August 29, 1984 (11.7 years)

Our price history begins on December 14, 1972, and Nielsen (a.c.) Co was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on August 13, 1984, the market valued it at $802 million. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $57.38. Our data does not say why it stopped trading. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1972-121984-08
Peak market value$802 millionAugust 13, 1984
Highest split-adjusted share price$57.50August 13, 1984
Last share price$57.38August 29, 1984
From its split-adjusted high to the end-0.2%
Return over the days in our data+391.0%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-17.7%January 8, 1974

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 1972.

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Also gone in 1984: Unknown