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Sunrise Medical Inc

SMD · Instruments & Medical Devices · NYSE · in our data November 22, 1983 to December 13, 2000 (17.1 years)

The first trading day in our data for Sunrise Medical Inc is November 22, 1983 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on June 2, 1995, the market valued it at $834 million. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $10.06, -72.4% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1983-112000-12
Peak market value$834 millionJune 2, 1995
Highest split-adjusted share price$36.50March 21, 1995
Last share price$10.06December 13, 2000
From its split-adjusted high to the end-72.4%
Return over the days in our data+80.9%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-35.6%October 27, 1995

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 1983.

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Also gone in 2000: Instruments & Medical Devices