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Giddings & Lewis

GIDL · Machinery & Computers · NASDAQ · in our data July 20, 1989 to September 30, 1997 (8.2 years)

The first trading day in our data for Giddings & Lewis is July 20, 1989 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on April 15, 1993, the market valued it at $975 million. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $21.03, -26.1% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1989-071997-09
Peak market value$975 millionApril 15, 1993
Highest split-adjusted share price$28.46February 11, 1993
Last share price$21.03September 30, 1997
From its split-adjusted high to the end-26.1%
Return over the days in our data+214.8%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-24.8%April 26, 1993

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 1989. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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Also gone in 1997: Machinery & Computers