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Thermo Optek Corp

TOC · Instruments & Medical Devices · AMEX · in our data June 7, 1996 to May 11, 2000 (3.9 years)

The first trading day in our data for Thermo Optek Corp is June 7, 1996 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on October 23, 1997, the market valued it at $921 million. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $15.06, -16.3% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1996-062000-05
Peak market value$921 millionOctober 23, 1997
Highest split-adjusted share price$18.00April 30, 1998
Last share price$15.06May 11, 2000
From its split-adjusted high to the end-16.3%
Return over the days in our data+17.2%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-16.9%June 2, 1999

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 1996. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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Also gone in 2000: Instruments & Medical Devices