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Mercury Interactive

MERQE · Software & Services · NASDAQ · in our data October 29, 1993 to January 3, 2006 (12.2 years)

The first trading day in our data for Mercury Interactive is October 29, 1993 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on September 29, 2000, the market valued it at $12.7 billion. By the end it had fallen hard: the last trade was $27.88, -82.2% from its split-adjusted high. Our data does not say why it stopped trading.

1993-102006-01
Peak market value$12.7 billionSeptember 29, 2000
Highest split-adjusted share price$156.75September 29, 2000
Last share price$27.88January 3, 2006
From its split-adjusted high to the end-82.2%
Return over the days in our data+498.8%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-27.6%April 30, 1996

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 1993. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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Also gone in 2006: Software & Services