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Betzdearborn Inc

BTL · Chemicals & Drugs · NYSE · in our data December 14, 1972 to October 15, 1998 (25.8 years)

Our price history begins on December 14, 1972, and Betzdearborn Inc was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on October 15, 1998, the market valued it at $2.1 billion. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $71.94, 0.0% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1972-121998-10

Peak market value$2.1 billionOctober 15, 1998

Highest split-adjusted share price$71.94October 15, 1998

Last share price$71.94October 15, 1998

From its split-adjusted high to the end0.0%

Return over the days in our data+1185.1%with dividends, before the last trade

Worst single day-12.4%December 8, 1976

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 1972. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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