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Valley Bancorporation

VYBN · Banks · NASDAQ · in our data February 6, 1975 to May 31, 1994 (19.3 years)

The first trading day in our data for Valley Bancorporation is February 6, 1975 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on December 31, 1993, the market valued it at $819 million. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $37.62. Our data does not say why it stopped trading. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1975-021994-05
Peak market value$819 millionDecember 31, 1993
Highest split-adjusted share price$38.96December 31, 1993
Last share price$37.62May 31, 1994
From its split-adjusted high to the end-3.4%
Return over the days in our data+3469.4%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-18.8%March 27, 1980

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 1975.

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Also gone in 1994: Banks