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Wicor Inc

WIC · Utilities · NYSE · in our data May 2, 1980 to April 26, 2000 (20 years)

The first trading day in our data for Wicor Inc is May 2, 1980 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on April 26, 2000, the market valued it at $1.2 billion. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $31.44. The delisting record says: delisted or deregistered. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1980-052000-04
Peak market value$1.2 billionApril 26, 2000
Highest split-adjusted share price$31.50April 25, 2000
Last share price$31.44April 26, 2000
From its split-adjusted high to the end-0.2%
Return over the days in our data+2420.2%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-5.5%October 16, 1987

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 1980.

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