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Bw/ip Inc

BWF · Machinery & Computers · NYSE · in our data May 24, 1991 to July 22, 1997 (6.2 years)

The first trading day in our data for Bw/ip Inc is May 24, 1991 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on December 31, 1992, the market valued it at $740 million. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $23.88. The delisting record says: delisted or deregistered. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1991-051997-07
Peak market value$740 millionDecember 31, 1992
Highest split-adjusted share price$27.48December 31, 1992
Last share price$23.88July 22, 1997
From its split-adjusted high to the end-13.1%
Return over the days in our data+83.5%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-19.8%January 13, 1994

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 1991. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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Also gone in 1997: Machinery & Computers