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Ual Corp.

UAL · Airlines · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to April 2, 2003 (35.2 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Ual Corp. was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on September 5, 1989, the market valued it at $6.3 billion. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $0.76, -99.2% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: likely failure.

1968-012003-04
Peak market value$6.3 billionSeptember 5, 1989
Highest split-adjusted share price$97.05October 21, 1997
Last share price$0.76April 2, 2003
From its split-adjusted high to the end-99.2%
Return over the days in our data-90.4%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-68.0%December 5, 2002

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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