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Sequus Pharmaceuticals Inc

SEQU · Chemicals & Drugs · NASDAQ · in our data May 19, 1987 to March 16, 1999 (11.8 years)

The first trading day in our data for Sequus Pharmaceuticals Inc is May 19, 1987 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on March 8, 1999, the market valued it at $676 million. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $20.50, -19.6% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1987-051999-03
Peak market value$676 millionMarch 8, 1999
Highest split-adjusted share price$25.50January 24, 1992
Last share price$20.50March 16, 1999
From its split-adjusted high to the end-19.6%
Return over the days in our data+87.9%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-29.4%October 28, 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 1987.

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Also gone in 1999: Chemicals & Drugs