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Houston Wire & Cable Co

HWCC · Wholesale · NASDAQ · in our data June 15, 2006 to June 15, 2021 (15 years)

The first trading day in our data for Houston Wire & Cable Co is June 15, 2006 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on April 27, 2007, the market valued it at $642 million. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $5.30, -76.7% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

2006-062021-06
Peak market value$642 millionApril 27, 2007
Highest split-adjusted share price$22.74April 27, 2007
Last share price$5.30June 15, 2021
From its split-adjusted high to the end-76.7%
Return over the days in our data-53.0%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-25.4%August 1, 2007

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 2006.

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Also gone in 2021: Wholesale