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Sbarro Inc

0053A · Restaurants · NYSE · in our data May 8, 1985 to September 28, 1999 (14.4 years)

The first trading day in our data for Sbarro Inc is May 8, 1985 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on January 20, 1992, the market valued it at $673 million. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $28.81, -4.0% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1985-051999-09
Peak market value$673 millionJanuary 20, 1992
Highest split-adjusted share price$30.00January 20, 1998
Last share price$28.81September 28, 1999
From its split-adjusted high to the end-4.0%
Return over the days in our data+1074.4%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-28.9%May 12, 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 1985.

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