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Hughes Tool Co

HT. · Unknown · NYSE · in our data December 22, 1972 to April 3, 1987 (14.3 years)

The first trading day in our data for Hughes Tool Co is December 22, 1972 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on December 31, 1980, the market valued it at $2.6 billion. By the end it had fallen hard: the last trade was $14.62, -62.9% from its split-adjusted high. Our data does not say why it stopped trading.

1972-121987-04
Peak market value$2.6 billionDecember 31, 1980
Highest split-adjusted share price$39.47December 30, 1980
Last share price$14.62April 3, 1987
From its split-adjusted high to the end-62.9%
Return over the days in our data+186.3%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-16.0%October 28, 1976

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. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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Also gone in 1987: Unknown