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Towers Watson & Co

WW · Engineering & Consulting · NYSE · in our data October 11, 2000 to December 31, 2009 (9.2 years)

The first trading day in our data for Towers Watson & Co is October 11, 2000 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on September 8, 2008, the market valued it at $2.6 billion. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $47.52, -20.2% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

2000-102009-12
Peak market value$2.6 billionSeptember 8, 2008
Highest split-adjusted share price$59.55May 12, 2008
Last share price$47.52December 31, 2009
From its split-adjusted high to the end-20.2%
Return over the days in our data+204.0%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-18.9%May 7, 2009

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 2000.

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Also gone in 2009: Engineering & Consulting