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Staples

SPLS · Wholesale · NASDAQ · in our data April 28, 1989 to September 12, 2017 (28.4 years)

The first trading day in our data for Staples is April 28, 1989 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on December 14, 2006, the market valued it at $19.9 billion. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $10.25, -49.6% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1989-042017-09
Peak market value$19.9 billionDecember 14, 2006
Highest split-adjusted share price$20.33February 20, 2007
Last share price$10.25September 12, 2017
From its split-adjusted high to the end-49.6%
Return over the days in our data+1520.5%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-18.3%May 11, 2016

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 1989.

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Also gone in 2017: Wholesale