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Aldus Corp

ALDC · Software & Services · NASDAQ · in our data June 16, 1987 to August 31, 1994 (7.2 years)

The first trading day in our data for Aldus Corp is June 16, 1987 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on April 4, 1991, the market valued it at $842 million. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $31.50. Our data does not say why it stopped trading. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1987-061994-08
Peak market value$842 millionApril 4, 1991
Highest split-adjusted share price$58.75April 4, 1991
Last share price$31.50August 31, 1994
From its split-adjusted high to the end-46.4%
Return over the days in our data-12.2%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-26.2%June 23, 1992

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 1987. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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Also gone in 1994: Software & Services