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Centennial Technologies Inc

CENL · Machinery & Computers · NYSE · in our data April 12, 1994 to March 7, 1997 (2.9 years)

The first trading day in our data for Centennial Technologies Inc is April 12, 1994 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on December 30, 1996, the market valued it at $949 million. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $2.88, -94.8% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: likely failure.

1994-041997-03
Peak market value$949 millionDecember 30, 1996
Highest split-adjusted share price$55.50December 30, 1996
Last share price$2.88March 7, 1997
From its split-adjusted high to the end-94.8%
Return over the days in our data+68.3%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-81.1%February 18, 1997

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 1994. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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Also gone in 1997: Machinery & Computers