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Shawmut Corp

SHAS · Unknown · NASDAQ · in our data December 14, 1972 to February 29, 1988 (15.2 years)

Our price history begins on December 14, 1972, and Shawmut Corp was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on April 8, 1987, the market valued it at $856 million. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $41.88. Our data does not say why it stopped trading. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1972-121988-02
Peak market value$856 millionApril 8, 1987
Highest split-adjusted share price$51.03April 8, 1987
Last share price$41.88February 29, 1988
From its split-adjusted high to the end-17.9%
Return over the days in our data+510.8%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-32.5%December 4, 1975

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 1972. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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Also gone in 1988: Unknown