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Milacron

MZIAQ · Machinery & Computers · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to May 23, 2008 (40.4 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Milacron was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on April 15, 1998, the market valued it at $1.3 billion. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $1.38, -99.5% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: delisted or deregistered.

1968-012008-05
Peak market value$1.3 billionApril 15, 1998
Highest split-adjusted share price$300.89April 15, 1998
Last share price$1.38May 23, 2008
From its split-adjusted high to the end-99.5%
Return over the days in our data-95.7%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-27.4%May 23, 2008

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 2008: Machinery & Computers