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Northwestern Corp

NWE · Utilities · NYSE · in our data December 14, 1972 to September 12, 2003 (30.7 years)

Our price history begins on December 14, 1972, and Northwestern Corp was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on March 19, 2002, the market valued it at $645 million. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $0.77, -96.7% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: likely failure.

1972-122003-09
Peak market value$645 millionMarch 19, 2002
Highest split-adjusted share price$23.11April 17, 2001
Last share price$0.77September 12, 2003
From its split-adjusted high to the end-96.7%
Return over the days in our data+36.7%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-41.4%August 15, 2003

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 2003: Utilities