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WMS Industries Inc

WMS · Misc Manufacturing · NYSE · in our data February 26, 1981 to October 17, 2013 (32.6 years)

The first trading day in our data for WMS Industries Inc is February 26, 1981 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on May 3, 2010, the market valued it at $3.0 billion. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $25.98. The delisting record says: delisted or deregistered. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1981-022013-10
Peak market value$3.0 billionMay 3, 2010
Highest split-adjusted share price$51.52May 3, 2010
Last share price$25.98October 17, 2013
From its split-adjusted high to the end-49.6%
Return over the days in our data+6647.4%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-27.9%August 5, 2011

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 1981.

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Also gone in 2013: Misc Manufacturing