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General Datacomm Industries

GNRD · Electronics · NYSE · in our data December 14, 1972 to August 21, 2001 (28.7 years)

Our price history begins on December 14, 1972, and General Datacomm Industries was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on January 17, 1995, the market valued it at $706 million. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $0.13, -99.6% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: likely failure.

1972-122001-08
Peak market value$706 millionJanuary 17, 1995
Highest split-adjusted share price$35.88January 17, 1995
Last share price$0.13August 21, 2001
From its split-adjusted high to the end-99.6%
Return over the days in our data-80.7%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-53.6%August 21, 2001

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 1972.

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Also gone in 2001: Electronics