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Houghton Mifflin Co

HTN · Publishing · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to August 2, 2001 (33.6 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Houghton Mifflin Co was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on May 22, 2001, the market valued it at $1.8 billion. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $59.96, -0.0% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1968-012001-08
Peak market value$1.8 billionMay 22, 2001
Highest split-adjusted share price$59.98June 21, 2001
Last share price$59.96August 2, 2001
From its split-adjusted high to the end-0.0%
Return over the days in our data+4685.2%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-23.5%January 27, 1998

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 2001: Publishing