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Specialty Laboratories Inc

SP · Health Care · NYSE · in our data December 8, 2000 to January 30, 2006 (5.1 years)

The first trading day in our data for Specialty Laboratories Inc is December 8, 2000 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on June 7, 2001, the market valued it at $901 million. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $13.22, -69.3% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

2000-122006-01
Peak market value$901 millionJune 7, 2001
Highest split-adjusted share price$43.05June 7, 2001
Last share price$13.22January 30, 2006
From its split-adjusted high to the end-69.3%
Return over the days in our data-43.3%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-34.7%April 11, 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 2000.

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Also gone in 2006: Health Care