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Walter (jim) Corp

JWC. · Unknown · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to January 7, 1988 (20 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Walter (jim) Corp was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on July 30, 1987, the market valued it at $2.5 billion. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $60.00. Our data does not say why it stopped trading. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1968-011988-01
Peak market value$2.5 billionJuly 30, 1987
Highest split-adjusted share price$62.06July 30, 1987
Last share price$60.00January 7, 1988
From its split-adjusted high to the end-3.3%
Return over the days in our data+1189.0%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-18.4%February 24, 1981

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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Also gone in 1988: Unknown