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Oregon Metallurgical Corp

OREM · Steel & Metals · NASDAQ · in our data December 14, 1972 to March 24, 1998 (25.3 years)

Our price history begins on December 14, 1972, and Oregon Metallurgical Corp was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on March 24, 1998, the market valued it at $611 million. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $37.12. Our data does not say why it stopped trading. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1972-121998-03
Peak market value$611 millionMarch 24, 1998
Highest split-adjusted share price$37.12March 24, 1998
Last share price$37.12March 24, 1998
From its split-adjusted high to the end0.0%
Return over the days in our data+3941.6%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-23.1%December 5, 1973

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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