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Rolm

RM · Unknown · NYSE · in our data September 15, 1976 to November 21, 1984 (8.2 years)

The first trading day in our data for Rolm is September 15, 1976 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on November 20, 1984, the market valued it at $1.6 billion. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $69.38. Our data does not say why it stopped trading. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1976-091984-11
Peak market value$1.6 billionNovember 20, 1984
Highest split-adjusted share price$74.38June 20, 1983
Last share price$69.38November 21, 1984
From its split-adjusted high to the end-6.7%
Return over the days in our data+3794.8%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-14.9%October 31, 1978

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 1976.

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Also gone in 1984: Unknown