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Sun Microsystems

JAVA · Machinery & Computers · NASDAQ · in our data March 4, 1986 to January 26, 2010 (23.9 years)

The first trading day in our data for Sun Microsystems is March 4, 1986 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on September 1, 2000, the market valued it at $205.4 billion. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $9.49, -96.3% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: delisted or deregistered.

1986-032010-01
Peak market value$205.4 billionSeptember 1, 2000
Highest split-adjusted share price$257.25September 1, 2000
Last share price$9.49January 26, 2010
From its split-adjusted high to the end-96.3%
Return over the days in our data+860.3%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-26.7%July 19, 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 1986.

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Also gone in 2010: Machinery & Computers