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Ashton-tate Co

TATE · Software & Services · NASDAQ · in our data November 30, 1983 to October 11, 1991 (7.9 years)

The first trading day in our data for Ashton-tate Co is November 30, 1983 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on October 5, 1987, the market valued it at $801 million. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $16.38. Our data does not say why it stopped trading. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1983-111991-10
Peak market value$801 millionOctober 5, 1987
Highest split-adjusted share price$32.75October 5, 1987
Last share price$16.38October 11, 1991
From its split-adjusted high to the end-50.0%
Return over the days in our data+131.9%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-25.4%October 26, 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 1983. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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