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Ventritex Inc

VNTX · Instruments & Medical Devices · NASDAQ · in our data January 22, 1992 to May 15, 1997 (5.3 years)

The first trading day in our data for Ventritex Inc is January 22, 1992 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on January 20, 1994, the market valued it at $896 million. By the end it had fallen hard: the last trade was $17.75, -60.8% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: delisted or deregistered.

1992-011997-05
Peak market value$896 millionJanuary 20, 1994
Highest split-adjusted share price$45.25January 20, 1994
Last share price$17.75May 15, 1997
From its split-adjusted high to the end-60.8%
Return over the days in our data-40.8%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-27.7%February 18, 1994

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 1992. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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Also gone in 1997: Instruments & Medical Devices