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Helix Technology Corp

HELX · Machinery & Computers · NASDAQ · in our data December 14, 1972 to October 26, 2005 (32.9 years)

Our price history begins on December 14, 1972, and Helix Technology Corp was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on March 27, 2000, the market valued it at $1.7 billion. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $13.96, -79.7% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1972-122005-10
Peak market value$1.7 billionMarch 27, 2000
Highest split-adjusted share price$68.87March 9, 2000
Last share price$13.96October 26, 2005
From its split-adjusted high to the end-79.7%
Return over the days in our data+1002.9%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-23.5%December 9, 1974

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 1972.

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Also gone in 2005: Machinery & Computers