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Pharmacia Corporation

PHA · Chemicals & Drugs · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to April 15, 2003 (35.3 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Pharmacia Corporation was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on November 30, 2000, the market valued it at $78.6 billion. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $45.06, -20.5% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1968-012003-04
Peak market value$78.6 billionNovember 30, 2000
Highest split-adjusted share price$56.65August 25, 1998
Last share price$45.06April 15, 2003
From its split-adjusted high to the end-20.5%
Return over the days in our data+7689.3%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-26.6%October 13, 1998

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 2003: Chemicals & Drugs