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Kuhlman Corp

KUH · Machinery & Computers · NYSE · in our data December 14, 1972 to March 1, 1999 (26.2 years)

Our price history begins on December 14, 1972, and Kuhlman Corp was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on March 25, 1998, the market valued it at $838 million. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $38.88. The delisting record says: delisted or deregistered. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1972-121999-03
Peak market value$838 millionMarch 25, 1998
Highest split-adjusted share price$50.04March 25, 1998
Last share price$38.88March 1, 1999
From its split-adjusted high to the end-22.3%
Return over the days in our data+3316.5%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-18.6%October 19, 1987

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.

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Also gone in 1999: Machinery & Computers