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IMS Health

RX · Engineering & Consulting · NYSE · in our data November 4, 1996 to February 25, 2010 (13.3 years)

The first trading day in our data for IMS Health is November 4, 1996 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on December 29, 1998, the market valued it at $12.7 billion. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $21.98. Our data does not say why it stopped trading. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1996-112010-02
Peak market value$12.7 billionDecember 29, 1998
Highest split-adjusted share price$32.55February 17, 1999
Last share price$21.98February 25, 2010
From its split-adjusted high to the end-32.5%
Return over the days in our data+72.7%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-22.5%March 29, 2000

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 1996.

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Also gone in 2010: Engineering & Consulting