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Tosco Corporation

TOS · Oil Refining · NYSE · in our data December 14, 1972 to September 10, 2001 (28.7 years)

Our price history begins on December 14, 1972, and Tosco Corporation was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on May 18, 2001, the market valued it at $7.9 billion. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $46.70. The delisting record says: delisted or deregistered. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1972-122001-09
Peak market value$7.9 billionMay 18, 2001
Highest split-adjusted share price$55.96November 20, 1980
Last share price$46.70September 10, 2001
From its split-adjusted high to the end-16.6%
Return over the days in our data+869.1%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-50.0%April 10, 1985

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 1972.

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Also gone in 2001: Oil Refining