Microsoft Stock Price in 1986: IPO, Historical Performance, and Current Valuation
IPO Details and Initial Share Price
Category: Finance | Title: Microsoft Stock Price in 1986: IPO History, Adjusted Value, and Modern Performance | Tag: Microsoft IPO | Meta Description: Microsoft stock price in 1986 at IPO, adjusted for splits, and current valuation facts. Key dates, share price, and market cap data... SEC filing.
Microsoft Corporation went public on March 13, 1986, at an offer price of $21.00 per share. The IPO raised approximately $61 million, valuing the company at around $480 million at the time. The stock began trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker MSFT. Adjusted for subsequent stock splits, the inflation-adjusted equivalent of the 1986 price is significantly lower than today's valuation.
Historical Stock Splits and Adjusted Price
Microsoft executed a 2-for-1 stock split in 1987, a 2-for-1 split in 1990, a 3-for-2 split in 1991, a 2-for-1 split in 1992, a 3-for-2 split in 1994, a 2-for-1 split in 1996, a 2-for-1 split in 1998, a 2-for-1 split in 1999, a 2-for-1 split in 2003, and a 2-for-1 split in 2014. The cumulative effect of these splits means the original $21.00 share price translates to approximately $0.000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
