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Secure Computing Corp

SCUR · Software & Services · NASDAQ · in our data November 17, 1995 to November 18, 2008 (13 years)

The first trading day in our data for Secure Computing Corp is November 17, 1995 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on February 1, 2006, the market valued it at $869 million. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $5.75, -90.5% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: merged or acquired.

1995-112008-11
Peak market value$869 millionFebruary 1, 2006
Highest split-adjusted share price$60.50December 13, 1995
Last share price$5.75November 18, 2008
From its split-adjusted high to the end-90.5%
Return over the days in our data-88.1%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-48.2%July 19, 2002

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 1995.

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Also gone in 2008: Software & Services