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Sperry & Hutchinson Co

SNH. · Unknown · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to October 27, 1981 (13.8 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Sperry & Hutchinson Co was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on January 2, 1970, the market valued it at $626 million. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $35.81. Our data does not say why it stopped trading. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1968-011981-10
Peak market value$626 millionJanuary 2, 1970
Highest split-adjusted share price$36.00October 22, 1981
Last share price$35.81October 27, 1981
From its split-adjusted high to the end-0.5%
Return over the days in our data+124.3%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-10.4%May 26, 1970

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 1968.

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Also gone in 1981: Unknown