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DELL · Machinery & Computers · NASDAQ · in our data June 22, 1988 to October 29, 2013 (25.4 years)

The first trading day in our data for Dell is June 22, 1988 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on March 27, 2000, the market valued it at $149.7 billion. By the end it had fallen hard: the last trade was $13.86, -75.3% from its split-adjusted high. Our data does not say why it stopped trading.

1988-062013-10
Peak market value$149.7 billionMarch 27, 2000
Highest split-adjusted share price$56.22March 22, 2000
Last share price$13.86October 29, 2013
From its split-adjusted high to the end-75.3%
Return over the days in our data+14008.2%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-25.4%June 18, 1992

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 1988.

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Also gone in 2013: Machinery & Computers