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Pacificorp

MEC2 · Utilities · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to November 29, 1999 (31.9 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Pacificorp was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on December 31, 1997, the market valued it at $8.1 billion. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $20.19. Our data does not say why it stopped trading. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1968-011999-11
Peak market value$8.1 billionDecember 31, 1997
Highest split-adjusted share price$24.59December 31, 1997
Last share price$20.19November 29, 1999
From its split-adjusted high to the end-17.9%
Return over the days in our data+1894.1%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-13.2%October 19, 1987

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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