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Rockwell Automation

ROK · Electronics · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to December 6, 1996 (28.9 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Rockwell Automation was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on November 26, 1996, the market valued it at $14.1 billion. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $64.00, -0.8% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1968-011996-12
Peak market value$14.1 billionNovember 26, 1996
Highest split-adjusted share price$64.50November 26, 1996
Last share price$64.00December 6, 1996
From its split-adjusted high to the end-0.8%
Return over the days in our data+4762.3%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-27.0%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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