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Fluke Corp

FLK · Instruments & Medical Devices · NYSE · in our data April 30, 1968 to July 9, 1998 (30.2 years)

The first trading day in our data for Fluke Corp is April 30, 1968 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on July 9, 1998, the market valued it at $699 million. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $38.00. The delisting record says: delisted or deregistered. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1968-041998-07
Peak market value$699 millionJuly 9, 1998
Highest split-adjusted share price$38.00July 9, 1998
Last share price$38.00July 9, 1998
From its split-adjusted high to the end0.0%
Return over the days in our data+3898.3%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-15.6%July 18, 1968

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 1968.

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Also gone in 1998: Instruments & Medical Devices