# Share price: low in 1980, very high now. Examples?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-price-low-in-1980-very-high-now-examples/353061
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [April 17, 2006, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-price-low-in-1980-very-high-now-examples/353061 "2006-04-17T21:06:54Z")
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### Author:  [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2006, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-price-low-in-1980-very-high-now-examples/353061/1 "2006-04-17T21:06:54Z")
Can anyone find me a good example of a company’s shares that were fairly cheap in recent memory, say 1980 onwards, and are today worth very, very much more? The more well-known the company name, and the bigger / more dramatic the increase in value, the better! Can anyone help? My Google-fu didn’t seem up to the task.
I need verifiable, factual figures, so cites of published sources would help.
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2006, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-price-low-in-1980-very-high-now-examples/353061/2 "2006-04-17T21:21:54Z")
Well, are you talking about raw price per share, or are we talking about prices adjusted for dividends or splits. If we’re adjusting for stock splits and dividends, a share of IBM today that’s worth over $82 would have been worth $7.95 in 1980.
A share of Microsoft now is $26 and in 1986, adjusted, was 8 cents.
To get more of these figures, go to [finance.yahoo.com](http://finance.yahoo.com) and choose a stock symbol to look up. Then select “historical prices”.
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### Author:  [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2006, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/share-price-low-in-1980-very-high-now-examples/353061/3 "2006-04-17T21:26:58Z")
For my purpose, really, either raw price per share or ‘value’ in terms of purchasing power would suffice. I really just need a handy, quotable (and genuine) example of a piece of paper (a share certificate) worth hardly anything at one point in time, and then being worth a lot more at a later point in time. Thanks for the suggestion re finance yahoo.