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Zenith Electronics

ZE · Electronics · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to May 21, 1998 (30.4 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Zenith Electronics was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on May 6, 1996, the market valued it at $1.5 billion. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $0.62, -98.4% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: merged or acquired.

1968-011998-05
Peak market value$1.5 billionMay 6, 1996
Highest split-adjusted share price$38.25January 16, 1984
Last share price$0.62May 21, 1998
From its split-adjusted high to the end-98.4%
Return over the days in our data-97.9%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-68.8%May 21, 1998

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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