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Litton Industries

LIT · Autos & Aerospace · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to May 30, 2001 (33.4 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Litton Industries was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on April 4, 2001, the market valued it at $5.5 billion. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $80.03, -33.2% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1968-012001-05
Peak market value$5.5 billionApril 4, 2001
Highest split-adjusted share price$119.85April 4, 2001
Last share price$80.03May 30, 2001
From its split-adjusted high to the end-33.2%
Return over the days in our data+491.7%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-33.3%April 9, 2001

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 1968.

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Also gone in 2001: Autos & Aerospace