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HBO & Company

HBOC · Software & Services · NASDAQ · in our data June 30, 1981 to January 13, 1999 (17.5 years)

The first trading day in our data for HBO & Company is June 30, 1981 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on July 10, 1998, the market valued it at $16.2 billion. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $30.75, -17.9% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1981-061999-01
Peak market value$16.2 billionJuly 10, 1998
Highest split-adjusted share price$37.45July 10, 1998
Last share price$30.75January 13, 1999
From its split-adjusted high to the end-17.9%
Return over the days in our data+7905.2%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-30.6%July 7, 1986

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 1981.

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Also gone in 1999: Software & Services