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Studebaker-worthington Inc

SKW · Unknown · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to October 23, 1979 (11.8 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Studebaker-worthington Inc was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on September 5, 1979, the market valued it at $727 million. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $50.75. Our data does not say why it stopped trading. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1968-011979-10

Peak market value$727 millionSeptember 5, 1979

Highest split-adjusted share price$51.30September 5, 1979

Last share price$50.75October 23, 1979

From its split-adjusted high to the end-1.1%

Return over the days in our data+250.9%with dividends, before the last trade

Worst single day-13.0%October 18, 1971

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

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