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Hercules Incorporated

HPC · Chemicals & Drugs · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to November 13, 2008 (40.9 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Hercules Incorporated was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on March 18, 1996, the market valued it at $7.2 billion. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $19.17, -66.0% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1968-012008-11
Peak market value$7.2 billionMarch 18, 1996
Highest split-adjusted share price$56.41March 18, 1996
Last share price$19.17November 13, 2008
From its split-adjusted high to the end-66.0%
Return over the days in our data+795.0%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-21.1%October 24, 2008

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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Also gone in 2008: Chemicals & Drugs