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Hca Hosp CP of Amer

HCA · Unknown · NYSE · in our data November 20, 1970 to March 16, 1989 (18.3 years)

The first trading day in our data for Hca Hosp CP of Amer is November 20, 1970 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on June 23, 1983, the market valued it at $4.7 billion. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $49.38. Our data does not say why it stopped trading. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1970-111989-03
Peak market value$4.7 billionJune 23, 1983
Highest split-adjusted share price$51.66June 22, 1983
Last share price$49.38March 16, 1989
From its split-adjusted high to the end-4.4%
Return over the days in our data+1557.2%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-31.9%October 19, 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 1970.

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Also gone in 1989: Unknown