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Ralston Purina Company

RAL · Food · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to December 12, 2001 (33.9 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Ralston Purina Company was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on June 30, 1998, the market valued it at $12.3 billion. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $33.48. The delisting record says: delisted or deregistered. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1968-012001-12
Peak market value$12.3 billionJune 30, 1998
Highest split-adjusted share price$33.48December 12, 2001
Last share price$33.48December 12, 2001
From its split-adjusted high to the end0.0%
Return over the days in our data+10127.2%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-10.9%September 17, 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 1968.

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Also gone in 2001: Food