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Duramed Pharmaceuticals Inc

DRMD · Chemicals & Drugs · NASDAQ · in our data September 23, 1986 to October 24, 2001 (15.1 years)

The first trading day in our data for Duramed Pharmaceuticals Inc is September 23, 1986 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on August 24, 2001, the market valued it at $614 million. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $19.29, -93.0% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: delisted or deregistered.

1986-092001-10
Peak market value$614 millionAugust 24, 2001
Highest split-adjusted share price$275.85February 18, 1987
Last share price$19.29October 24, 2001
From its split-adjusted high to the end-93.0%
Return over the days in our data-77.6%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-50.0%October 23, 1990

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 1986.

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Also gone in 2001: Chemicals & Drugs