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Price Co

COST · Department Stores · NASDAQ · in our data March 2, 1982 to October 21, 1993 (11.6 years)

The first trading day in our data for Price Co is March 2, 1982 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on September 3, 1991, the market valued it at $3.1 billion. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $40.75. Our data does not say why it stopped trading. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1982-031993-10

Peak market value$3.1 billionSeptember 3, 1991

Highest split-adjusted share price$64.00August 29, 1991

Last share price$40.75October 21, 1993

From its split-adjusted high to the end-36.3%

Return over the days in our data+987.0%with dividends, before the last trade

Worst single day-23.5%April 2, 1992

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 1982.

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