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Hutchinson Technology Inc

HTCH · Electronics · NASDAQ · in our data August 15, 1985 to October 5, 2016 (31.1 years)

The first trading day in our data for Hutchinson Technology Inc is August 15, 1985 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on June 6, 2005, the market valued it at $1.1 billion. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $4.00, -92.0% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: merged or acquired.

1985-082016-10
Peak market value$1.1 billionJune 6, 2005
Highest split-adjusted share price$49.88February 1, 1999
Last share price$4.00October 5, 2016
From its split-adjusted high to the end-92.0%
Return over the days in our data+21.5%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-39.3%April 3, 2009

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 1985.

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Also gone in 2016: Electronics