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Checkpoint Systems Inc

CKP · Electronics · NYSE · in our data May 29, 1979 to May 13, 2016 (37 years)

The first trading day in our data for Checkpoint Systems Inc is May 29, 1979 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on October 31, 2007, the market valued it at $1.2 billion. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $10.14, -72.7% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1979-052016-05
Peak market value$1.2 billionOctober 31, 2007
Highest split-adjusted share price$37.09May 31, 1996
Last share price$10.14May 13, 2016
From its split-adjusted high to the end-72.7%
Return over the days in our data+2585.2%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-26.1%February 29, 2000

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 1979.

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