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Healthamerica Corp

HMO. · Unknown · NYSE · in our data July 28, 1983 to October 31, 1986 (3.3 years)

The first trading day in our data for Healthamerica Corp is July 28, 1983 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on August 9, 1984, the market valued it at $633 million. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $16.38. Our data does not say why it stopped trading. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1983-071986-10
Peak market value$633 millionAugust 9, 1984
Highest split-adjusted share price$29.50August 9, 1984
Last share price$16.38October 31, 1986
From its split-adjusted high to the end-44.5%
Return over the days in our data+94.9%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-19.3%July 2, 1985

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 1983.

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Also gone in 1986: Unknown