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Usg Corp.

USG · Building Materials · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to May 6, 1993 (25.3 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Usg Corp. was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on September 18, 1986, the market valued it at $3.2 billion. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $0.28, -96.4% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: likely failure.

1968-011993-05

Peak market value$3.2 billionSeptember 18, 1986

Highest split-adjusted share price$7.83October 5, 1987

Last share price$0.28May 6, 1993

From its split-adjusted high to the end-96.4%

Return over the days in our data-21.7%with dividends, before the last trade

Worst single day-27.4%October 19, 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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