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Black & Decker

BDK · Machinery & Computers · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to March 12, 2010 (42.2 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Black & Decker was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on July 22, 2005, the market valued it at $7.4 billion. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $74.05, -17.7% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1968-012010-03
Peak market value$7.4 billionJuly 22, 2005
Highest split-adjusted share price$89.95July 12, 2007
Last share price$74.05March 12, 2010
From its split-adjusted high to the end-17.7%
Return over the days in our data+1433.9%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-20.9%January 29, 2009

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 2010: Machinery & Computers