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Bell & Howell Operating Co

PQE1 · Unknown · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to May 17, 1988 (20.4 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Bell & Howell Operating Co was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on September 17, 1987, the market valued it at $662 million. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $63.88. Our data does not say why it stopped trading. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1968-011988-05
Peak market value$662 millionSeptember 17, 1987
Highest split-adjusted share price$74.23September 17, 1987
Last share price$63.88May 17, 1988
From its split-adjusted high to the end-14.0%
Return over the days in our data+155.3%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-21.9%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. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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Also gone in 1988: Unknown