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Rhone-Poulenc Rorer

RPR · Chemicals & Drugs · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to November 25, 1997 (29.9 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Rhone-Poulenc Rorer was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on November 25, 1997, the market valued it at $13.5 billion. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $98.00, 0.0% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1968-011997-11
Peak market value$13.5 billionNovember 25, 1997
Highest split-adjusted share price$98.00November 25, 1997
Last share price$98.00November 25, 1997
From its split-adjusted high to the end0.0%
Return over the days in our data+6351.8%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-16.1%October 19, 1987

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 1997: Chemicals & Drugs