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Wyeth

WYE · Chemicals & Drugs · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to October 15, 2009 (41.8 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Wyeth was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on April 12, 1999, the market valued it at $91.9 billion. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $50.39, -9.6% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1968-012009-10
Peak market value$91.9 billionApril 12, 1999
Highest split-adjusted share price$55.73April 12, 1999
Last share price$50.39October 15, 2009
From its split-adjusted high to the end-9.6%
Return over the days in our data+8280.2%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-24.3%July 9, 2002

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 2009: Chemicals & Drugs