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Symmetry Medical Inc

SMA · Instruments & Medical Devices · NYSE · in our data December 9, 2004 to December 4, 2014 (10 years)

The first trading day in our data for Symmetry Medical Inc is December 9, 2004 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on September 9, 2005, the market valued it at $885 million. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $9.27, -64.0% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

2004-122014-12
Peak market value$885 millionSeptember 9, 2005
Highest split-adjusted share price$25.75September 9, 2005
Last share price$9.27December 4, 2014
From its split-adjusted high to the end-64.0%
Return over the days in our data-50.2%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-24.9%November 12, 2008

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 2004.

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Also gone in 2014: Instruments & Medical Devices