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Genrad Inc

GEN · Instruments & Medical Devices · NYSE · in our data June 8, 1978 to October 26, 2001 (23.4 years)

The first trading day in our data for Genrad Inc is June 8, 1978 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on April 13, 1998, the market valued it at $902 million. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $4.08, -91.0% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: merged or acquired.

1978-062001-10
Peak market value$902 millionApril 13, 1998
Highest split-adjusted share price$45.53June 24, 1983
Last share price$4.08October 26, 2001
From its split-adjusted high to the end-91.0%
Return over the days in our data-32.1%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-35.2%April 17, 1998

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 1978. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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