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Finding Historical Prices for Defunct OTC Stocks

Article Quant Q&A · Author: Gar
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The document concerns locating a historical share price for a company that no longer exists and traded over the counter. The response says the referenced company does not appear to be covered in Compustat and suggests looking through older printed securities references, such as Walker’s Manual or Moody’s. If those sources fail, it points to SEC archival microfilm as another possible research route.

No price for the requested date is found, and the response does not establish whether any suggested source contains the relevant quotation. The guidance is therefore a set of possible archival avenues rather than a verified lookup procedure or a confirmed valuation. It also notes that the company was regarded as dubious years earlier, which provides historical context but does not determine the price of the shares on the date in question. Researchers would need to verify the company’s identity and search the records directly.

Key ideas

  • A defunct OTC company may be missing from commonly used financial databases.
  • Older securities manuals may provide historical information about obscure firms.
  • SEC archival microfilm is suggested as a further source when published references do not help.
  • The response does not supply or verify the requested historical share price.

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# Share price of Precision Imaging Corporation of America on March 13, 1991


# Share price of Precision Imaging Corporation of America on March 13, 1991












Where can I find the share price of Precision Imaging Corporation of America, Inc. on March 13, 1991? I realize the company no longer exists and the shares are now worthless but I would like to know how much was spent to acquire 2000 shares in March of 1991.

## Answer by nelpler (score 1)

https://quant.stackexchange.com/a/16677

Apparently this company was traded OTC/Pink sheet (and was already dubious in 1988 see "Precision Imaging Corp" http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112058759736;view=1up;seq=175). To my knowledge Compustat database doesn't have it neither. My next best guess is to try at your library in some old books like "Walker's Manual" or Moody's. And my last chance is to go directly to the SEC archives microfilm !

ps: Working for Ameriprise Financial ("PRECISION IMAGING CORP AMER" 2000)? ;) http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/820027/0000950137-07-012368.txt

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