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Outboard Marine

9975B · Machinery & Computers · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to September 30, 1997 (29.7 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Outboard Marine was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on May 30, 1989, the market valued it at $882 million. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $18.00, -52.0% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1968-011997-09
Peak market value$882 millionMay 30, 1989
Highest split-adjusted share price$37.48May 30, 1989
Last share price$18.00September 30, 1997
From its split-adjusted high to the end-52.0%
Return over the days in our data+250.3%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-25.2%October 25, 1979

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.

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Also gone in 1997: Machinery & Computers