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Whittaker Corp

WKR · Metal Products · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to July 19, 1999 (31.5 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Whittaker Corp was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on May 27, 1981, the market valued it at $769 million. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $27.88, -1.1% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1968-011999-07
Peak market value$769 millionMay 27, 1981
Highest split-adjusted share price$28.19July 16, 1999
Last share price$27.88July 19, 1999
From its split-adjusted high to the end-1.1%
Return over the days in our data+769.3%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-24.2%November 28, 1983

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 1968. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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