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Waste Management Inc-old

WMX · Utilities · NYSE · in our data December 14, 1972 to July 16, 1998 (25.6 years)

Our price history begins on December 14, 1972, and Waste Management Inc-old was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on February 12, 1992, the market valued it at $21.9 billion. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $41.69. The delisting record says: delisted or deregistered. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1972-121998-07
Peak market value$21.9 billionFebruary 12, 1992
Highest split-adjusted share price$41.69July 16, 1998
Last share price$41.69July 16, 1998
From its split-adjusted high to the end0.0%
Return over the days in our data+4784.5%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-22.5%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 1972.

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Also gone in 1998: Utilities