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Petrolite Corp

PLIT · Chemicals & Drugs · NASDAQ · in our data December 14, 1972 to July 2, 1997 (24.5 years)

Our price history begins on December 14, 1972, and Petrolite Corp was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on July 2, 1997, the market valued it at $788 million. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $69.25. The delisting record says: delisted or deregistered. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1972-121997-07
Peak market value$788 millionJuly 2, 1997
Highest split-adjusted share price$69.25July 2, 1997
Last share price$69.25July 2, 1997
From its split-adjusted high to the end0.0%
Return over the days in our data+2322.7%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-10.8%August 8, 1975

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

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Also gone in 1997: Chemicals & Drugs