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Vitalink Pharmacy Svcs Inc

VTK · Retail · NYSE · in our data March 3, 1992 to August 28, 1998 (6.5 years)

The first trading day in our data for Vitalink Pharmacy Svcs Inc is March 3, 1992 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on December 11, 1997, the market valued it at $666 million. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $22.44. The delisting record says: delisted or deregistered. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1992-031998-08
Peak market value$666 millionDecember 11, 1997
Highest split-adjusted share price$25.87December 11, 1997
Last share price$22.44August 28, 1998
From its split-adjusted high to the end-13.3%
Return over the days in our data+28.2%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-15.0%February 20, 1996

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.

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Also gone in 1998: Retail