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Speedfam-ipec Inc

SFAM · Machinery & Computers · NASDAQ · in our data October 10, 1995 to December 6, 2002 (7.2 years)

The first trading day in our data for Speedfam-ipec Inc is October 10, 1995 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on February 29, 2000, the market valued it at $848 million. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $5.68, -90.6% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: merged or acquired.

1995-102002-12
Peak market value$848 millionFebruary 29, 2000
Highest split-adjusted share price$60.38September 30, 1997
Last share price$5.68December 6, 2002
From its split-adjusted high to the end-90.6%
Return over the days in our data-48.9%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-31.8%July 22, 1999

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. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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Also gone in 2002: Machinery & Computers