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General Instrument

GIC · Electronics · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to August 22, 1990 (22.6 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and General Instrument was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on February 14, 1983, the market valued it at $2.0 billion. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $44.50. Our data does not say why it stopped trading. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1968-011990-08
Peak market value$2.0 billionFebruary 14, 1983
Highest split-adjusted share price$59.06February 14, 1983
Last share price$44.50August 22, 1990
From its split-adjusted high to the end-24.6%
Return over the days in our data+238.6%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-17.9%October 20, 1987

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

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