I'm trying to find the price of AAPL stock on 3/5/96

[stephen]

I know this should be easy, but for some reason I am struggling. Trying to find the cost basis for some of my stock.

[TheCaber]

Apple's shareholder information Investor Relations site should have the complete history of APPL stock prices.

[Lux Interior]

Date Price Open High Low Vol. Change %
Mar 05, 1996 0.24 0.24 0.24 0.23 115.08M 4.35%

Highest: 0.24 Lowest: 0.23 Difference: 0.01 Average: 0.24 Change %: 4.35

https://www.investing.com/equities/apple...rical-data

[Gareth]

Lux Interior wrote:
Date Price Open High Low Vol. Change %
Mar 05, 1996 0.24 0.24 0.24 0.23 115.08M 4.35%

I assume that's a split adjusted price ($0.24), and probably what stephen needs if calculating profit/loss (as opposed to idle curiosity what it was back then - in which case, one might want the actual dollar amount it was trading at on that day).

[Gareth]

https://investor.apple.com/faq/

Apple wrote:
What was the offering price at Apple’s initial public offering (IPO)?
Apple went public on December 12, 1980 at $22.00 per share. The stock has split five times since the IPO, so on a split-adjusted basis the IPO share price was $.10.

How many times has Apple’s stock split?
Apple’s stock has split five times since the company went public. The stock split on a 4-for-1 basis on August 28, 2020, a 7-for-1 basis on June 9, 2014, and split on a 2-for-1 basis on February 28, 2005, June 21, 2000, and June 16, 1987.

So for the idle curiosity, the actual dollar amount on 3/5/96 would be roughly $26.88 ($0.24 x 4 x 7 x 2 x 2 - there's probably some rounding off that happened in that $0.24 number, so that's lost in getting back to the original number). (Again, this is only useful for idle curiosity).

[GGD]

Actual trading prices on 3/5/1996 (not adjusted for splits).

Close 26.625, High 26.75, Low 26.25

This was back when prices were in fractions (eg. 5/8).

[Speedy]

Are we sure stephen isn’t just trying to rub our faces in it?

[GGD]

Speedy wrote:
Are we sure stephen isn’t just trying to rub our faces in it?

For that he would have picked the date 12/23/97 when it was about half that price (and no splits occurred in between).

Close $12.9375 High $13.3125, Low $12.9375

Split adjusted that's $0.115513393

[stephen]

Thank you so much, guys and girls. Really needed this.

[stephen]

That wasn't the "big" lot of my stock. : )

It was one share that has multiplied through the years.