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Ametek

AME · Instruments & Medical Devices · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to July 31, 1997 (29.6 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Ametek was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on July 31, 1997, the market valued it at $885 million. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $27.00. Our data does not say why it stopped trading. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1968-011997-07
Peak market value$885 millionJuly 31, 1997
Highest split-adjusted share price$27.00July 31, 1997
Last share price$27.00July 31, 1997
From its split-adjusted high to the end0.0%
Return over the days in our data+2798.7%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-20.4%October 19, 1987

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 1968.

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Also gone in 1997: Instruments & Medical Devices