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Verifone Systems Inc

PAY · Machinery & Computers · NYSE · in our data April 28, 2005 to August 17, 2018 (13.3 years)

The first trading day in our data for Verifone Systems Inc is April 28, 2005 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on April 12, 2012, the market valued it at $5.8 billion. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $23.03, -59.5% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

2005-042018-08
Peak market value$5.8 billionApril 12, 2012
Highest split-adjusted share price$56.84March 30, 2011
Last share price$23.03August 17, 2018
From its split-adjusted high to the end-59.5%
Return over the days in our data+114.2%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-45.8%December 3, 2007

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 2005.

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Also gone in 2018: Machinery & Computers