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Northwest Energy

NWP. · Unknown · NYSE · in our data December 29, 1975 to November 30, 1983 (7.9 years)

The first trading day in our data for Northwest Energy is December 29, 1975 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on October 17, 1983, the market valued it at $728 million. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $38.88. Our data does not say why it stopped trading. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1975-121983-11
Peak market value$728 millionOctober 17, 1983
Highest split-adjusted share price$39.25October 17, 1983
Last share price$38.88November 30, 1983
From its split-adjusted high to the end-1.0%
Return over the days in our data+645.4%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-12.5%March 27, 1980

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 1975.

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Also gone in 1983: Unknown