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Pittway Corp/de

PRY · Electronics · NYSE · in our data January 8, 1990 to February 14, 2000 (10.1 years)

The first trading day in our data for Pittway Corp/de is January 8, 1990 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on February 4, 2000, the market valued it at $1.6 billion. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $45.44. Our data does not say why it stopped trading. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1990-012000-02
Peak market value$1.6 billionFebruary 4, 2000
Highest split-adjusted share price$45.63February 4, 2000
Last share price$45.44February 14, 2000
From its split-adjusted high to the end-0.4%
Return over the days in our data+1066.8%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-11.0%August 31, 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 1990.

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Also gone in 2000: Electronics