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Usg

USG · Building Materials · NYSE · in our data May 21, 1993 to April 23, 2019 (25.9 years)

The first trading day in our data for Usg is May 21, 1993 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on April 22, 2019, the market valued it at $6.1 billion. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $43.48, -50.7% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1993-052019-04
Peak market value$6.1 billionApril 22, 2019
Highest split-adjusted share price$88.28April 24, 2006
Last share price$43.48April 23, 2019
From its split-adjusted high to the end-50.7%
Return over the days in our data+436.8%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-24.8%June 4, 2001

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 1993.

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Also gone in 2019: Building Materials