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Texaco

TX · Oil Refining · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to October 9, 2001 (33.8 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Texaco was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on June 5, 2001, the market valued it at $40.4 billion. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $69.75, -4.3% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1968-012001-10
Peak market value$40.4 billionJune 5, 2001
Highest split-adjusted share price$72.92June 5, 2001
Last share price$69.75October 9, 2001
From its split-adjusted high to the end-4.3%
Return over the days in our data+2640.7%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-13.2%October 26, 1987

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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