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Harcourt General

H · Publishing · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to July 12, 2001 (33.5 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Harcourt General was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on September 23, 1996, the market valued it at $4.2 billion. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $58.96. The delisting record says: delisted or deregistered. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1968-012001-07
Peak market value$4.2 billionSeptember 23, 1996
Highest split-adjusted share price$61.70September 6, 2000
Last share price$58.96July 12, 2001
From its split-adjusted high to the end-4.5%
Return over the days in our data+22000.8%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-17.6%October 26, 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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