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Signal Companies

SGN · Unknown · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to September 18, 1985 (17.7 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Signal Companies was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on August 1, 1985, the market valued it at $4.9 billion. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $42.50. Our data does not say why it stopped trading. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1968-011985-09
Peak market value$4.9 billionAugust 1, 1985
Highest split-adjusted share price$44.12August 1, 1985
Last share price$42.50September 18, 1985
From its split-adjusted high to the end-3.7%
Return over the days in our data+656.0%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-8.7%February 8, 1982

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 1985: Unknown