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Standard Microsystems Corp

SMSC · Electronics · NASDAQ · in our data December 14, 1972 to August 1, 2012 (39.6 years)

Our price history begins on December 14, 1972, and Standard Microsystems Corp was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on October 23, 2007, the market valued it at $933 million. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $36.98, -7.4% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1972-122012-08
Peak market value$933 millionOctober 23, 2007
Highest split-adjusted share price$39.95October 23, 2007
Last share price$36.98August 1, 2012
From its split-adjusted high to the end-7.4%
Return over the days in our data+141.2%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-33.3%November 6, 1974

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 1972.

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Also gone in 2012: Electronics