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Sears Roebuck

S · Department Stores · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to March 24, 2005 (37.2 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Sears Roebuck was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on August 6, 1997, the market valued it at $25.3 billion. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $50.04, -14.4% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1968-012005-03
Peak market value$25.3 billionAugust 6, 1997
Highest split-adjusted share price$58.45March 15, 2005
Last share price$50.04March 24, 2005
From its split-adjusted high to the end-14.4%
Return over the days in our data+1651.7%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-31.8%October 17, 2002

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 2005: Department Stores