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Superior Oil

SOC · Unknown · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to September 28, 1984 (16.7 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Superior Oil was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on November 25, 1980, the market valued it at $6.3 billion. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $44.88. Our data does not say why it stopped trading. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1968-011984-09
Peak market value$6.3 billionNovember 25, 1980
Highest split-adjusted share price$48.30November 25, 1980
Last share price$44.88September 28, 1984
From its split-adjusted high to the end-7.1%
Return over the days in our data+765.9%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-9.0%September 22, 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 1984: Unknown