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Western Co of No Amer

WSN. · Oil & Gas · NYSE · in our data December 14, 1972 to April 13, 1995 (22.3 years)

Our price history begins on December 14, 1972, and Western Co of No Amer was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on August 20, 1981, the market valued it at $1.4 billion. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $21.75, -99.4% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: merged or acquired.

1972-121995-04
Peak market value$1.4 billionAugust 20, 1981
Highest split-adjusted share price$3509.56August 20, 1981
Last share price$21.75April 13, 1995
From its split-adjusted high to the end-99.4%
Return over the days in our data-80.0%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-68.2%April 5, 1989

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. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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