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Vmware Inc

VMW · Software & Services · NYSE · in our data August 14, 2007 to November 21, 2023 (16.3 years)

The first trading day in our data for Vmware Inc is August 14, 2007 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on October 16, 2023, the market valued it at $77.2 billion. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $142.48, -20.3% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

2007-082023-11
Peak market value$77.2 billionOctober 16, 2023
Highest split-adjusted share price$178.88October 16, 2023
Last share price$142.48November 21, 2023
From its split-adjusted high to the end-20.3%
Return over the days in our data+301.8%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-33.9%January 29, 2008

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 2007.

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Also gone in 2023: Software & Services