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Vat

VAT · Autos & Aerospace · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to September 5, 1996 (28.7 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Vat was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on March 23, 1994, the market valued it at $2.2 billion. By the end it had fallen hard: the last trade was $48.50, -83.5% from its split-adjusted high. Our data does not say why it stopped trading.

1968-011996-09
Peak market value$2.2 billionMarch 23, 1994
Highest split-adjusted share price$294.37March 5, 1976
Last share price$48.50September 5, 1996
From its split-adjusted high to the end-83.5%
Return over the days in our data-60.1%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-20.2%February 15, 1978

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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