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Storage Technology

STK · Machinery & Computers · NYSE · in our data December 14, 1972 to August 31, 2005 (32.7 years)

Our price history begins on December 14, 1972, and Storage Technology was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on July 20, 1998, the market valued it at $5.4 billion. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $36.95, -81.6% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1972-122005-08
Peak market value$5.4 billionJuly 20, 1998
Highest split-adjusted share price$201.26November 2, 1981
Last share price$36.95August 31, 2005
From its split-adjusted high to the end-81.6%
Return over the days in our data+19.2%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-35.7%October 8, 1984

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

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Also gone in 2005: Machinery & Computers