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Witco Corp

WIT · Chemicals & Drugs · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to September 1, 1999 (31.7 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Witco Corp was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on September 2, 1997, the market valued it at $2.7 billion. By the end it had fallen hard: the last trade was $16.00, -63.1% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: delisted or deregistered.

1968-011999-09
Peak market value$2.7 billionSeptember 2, 1997
Highest split-adjusted share price$43.38September 2, 1997
Last share price$16.00September 1, 1999
From its split-adjusted high to the end-63.1%
Return over the days in our data+1870.7%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-13.9%October 20, 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 1968.

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Also gone in 1999: Chemicals & Drugs