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Compaq Computer

CPQ · Machinery & Computers · NYSE · in our data December 9, 1983 to May 3, 2002 (18.4 years)

The first trading day in our data for Compaq Computer is December 9, 1983 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on January 26, 1999, the market valued it at $83.7 billion. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $11.00, -77.3% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1983-122002-05
Peak market value$83.7 billionJanuary 26, 1999
Highest split-adjusted share price$48.35January 26, 1999
Last share price$11.00May 3, 2002
From its split-adjusted high to the end-77.3%
Return over the days in our data+2929.3%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-26.9%May 15, 1991

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 1983. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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Also gone in 2002: Machinery & Computers