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Helical plc (HLCL) stock price history

Every LSE trading session of Helical plc from Jul 1, 1988 to Nov 13, 2026: 9,816 daily bars, adjusted for splits and dividends, with minute bars from Sep 17, 2026 forward. The full series is served by the API: a free key covers the last year, paid plans the whole history and minute bars.

HLCL adjusted close, 1988 to 2026

HLCLHelical plc
£1.98-8.2% over one year
1990200020102020
£5.51
All time high, 2020
£2.25
52 week high, £1.71 low
9,816
Daily sessions since 1988

Last updated Nov 13, 2026, the last stored session. Refreshes after each trading day. Full 1988 to 2026 series and minute bars.

HLCL key facts

  • Helical plc (HLCL) closed at £1.98 on Nov 13, 2026 on LSE.
  • HLCL's all time high close is £5.51, set on Feb 14, 2020; its all time low close is £0.2361 on Sep 16, 1992.
  • HLCL's 52 week range is £1.71 to £2.25.
  • HLCL returned -8.2% over the year to Nov 13, 2026 and -57.9% over five years.
  • Over ten years HLCL returned -26%, -2.9% a year compounded.
  • HLCL's deepest drawdown was -80.6% from Aug 3, 1988 to Sep 16, 1992.
  • DataCedar holds 9,816 daily sessions of HLCL history from Jul 1, 1988 and minute bars from Sep 17, 2026, adjusted for splits and dividends, served by the API under a key.

HLCL price chart, 1988 to 2026

HLCL adjusted close, Jul 1, 1988 to Nov 13, 2026£0.2394£0.6685£1.87£5.2119901995200020052010201520202025
Adjusted daily close, log scale. 260 sampled points across the full history; the API serves every session.

HLCL returns

Price return from the last close on or before the window start to Nov 13, 2026, on adjusted closes.

PeriodReturn
1 month+11.3%
3 months-4.1%
6 months+0.6%
Year to date+0.2%
1 year-8.2%
3 years-13.0%
5 years-57.9%
10 years-25.7%
Since Jul 1, 1988+82.2%
Compound annual growth, 38.4 years+1.6%

HLCL records

Measured on the stored closes; every figure is reproducible from the API series.

All time high close
£5.51 on Feb 14, 2020
All time low close
£0.2361 on Sep 16, 1992
52 week high
£2.25 on Nov 13, 2025
52 week low
£1.71 on Oct 8, 2026
Deepest drawdown
-80.6% from Aug 3, 1988 to Sep 16, 1992, recovered Feb 2, 1994
Best single session
+19.2% on Sep 21, 1992
Worst single session
-35.2% on Dec 21, 2004
Volatility, 1 year annualised
28.4%
Sessions closing higher, 1 year
47%
Best calendar year
1993, +135%
Worst calendar year
1990, -41%

HLCL price history by year

Open is the first session's open, high and low span the year, close is the last session's close, and the return is close over the previous year's close. 1988 starts on Jul 1, 1988; 2026 runs to Nov 13, 2026.

YearOpenHighLowCloseReturnVolumeSessions
2026£1.98£2.20£1.71£1.98-0.2%32.6M215
2025£1.80£2.59£1.75£1.98+9.0%34M253
2024£2.32£2.72£1.79£1.82-21.9%35.4M250
2023£3.56£4.18£1.91£2.32-33.6%39.9M251
2022£4.82£4.95£2.98£3.50-26.5%25.8M250
2021£4.08£5.38£3.62£4.76+21.6%21.8M253
2020£4.93£5.66£2.10£3.91-21.2%35.1M253
2019£3.35£5.01£3.25£4.97+48.6%29.1M253
2018£3.52£4.18£3.09£3.34-6.2%31.9M253
2017£3.09£3.77£2.93£3.56+15.4%34.5M248
2016£4.89£4.97£2.39£3.09-37.9%50.3M253
2015£4.03£4.98£3.82£4.97+24.1%32.6M253
2014£3.41£4.24£3.34£4.00+17.3%36.4M253
2013£2.41£3.50£2.37£3.42+41.8%22.9M252
2012£1.98£2.47£1.73£2.41+23.7%32.4M251
2011£3.02£3.06£1.69£1.95-34.6%35.6M252
2010£3.61£3.78£2.72£2.98-16.7%49.9M253
2009£2.89£4.45£2.55£3.57+22.2%66.1M253
2008£3.33£4.28£2.37£2.93-12.5%71.7M254
2007£5.07£5.38£2.97£3.34-32.5%87.6M253
2006£3.19£5.59£3.06£4.95+55.4%40.3M250
2005£2.51£3.67£2.35£3.19+27.1%36.9M254
2004£2.55£3.76£2.33£2.51-1.6%37.2M262
2003£2.53£2.63£1.87£2.55+0.7%33.6M261
2002£2.54£2.99£2.12£2.53-0.5%22.5M261
2001£2.56£2.96£2.27£2.54-0.4%34.2M261
2000£1.91£2.56£1.80£2.56+33.8%22.5M260
1999£1.59£2.15£1.43£1.91+20.1%23.6M261
1998£1.85£2.29£1.56£1.59-14.2%6.7M261
1997£1.30£1.93£1.30£1.85+42.7%2.5M261
1996£1.05£1.32£1.05£1.30+23.1%4.5M262
1995£1.06£1.10£1.00£1.05-0.3%12.8M260
1994£0.9945£1.30£0.9945£1.06+6.4%12.3M260
1993£0.4223£0.9945£0.4223£0.9945+135.5%2M261
1992£0.4489£0.4988£0.2361£0.4223-5.9%0262
1991£0.4822£0.7249£0.4156£0.4489-6.9%0261
1990£0.8147£0.9377£0.4123£0.4822-40.8%0261
1989£0.9011£1.16£0.7980£0.8147-9.6%0260
1988£1.08£1.22£0.7947£0.9011n/a0131

HLCL monthly closes, last 12 months

MonthMonth end closeChange
November 2026£1.98+5.3%
October 2026£1.88-2.3%
September 2026£1.92-4.0%
August 2026£2.00+0.5%
July 2026£1.99-1.1%
June 2026£2.01+0.1%
May 2026£2.01+0.1%
April 2026£2.01+9.1%
March 2026£1.84-14.9%
February 2026£2.16+6.5%
January 2026£2.03+2.5%
December 2025£1.98-7.1%

About the HLCL data

Daily bars. 9,816 sessions from Jul 1, 1988 to Nov 13, 2026, one row per LSE trading day with open, high, low, close and volume. Prices are adjusted for splits and cash dividends so the series is comparable across its whole length; the API also serves the raw, split only and dividend only views.

Minute bars. Stored from Sep 17, 2026 forward, most recent session Nov 5, 2026. Minute history is captured from the day collection began and is never backfilled, so this start date is exact. Five minute, fifteen minute and hourly bars are derived from these minutes.

Time and currency. Session dates are LSE trading days; minute timestamps are UTC. Prices are in GBP. Volume is shares traded on the session.

Get the data. The REST endpoint returns the daily series as JSON with pagination; a free key serves the last year, Quant and above the full history back to Jul 1, 1988, and minute bars come with the paid windows. It takes timeframe (1Min, 5Min, 15Min, 1Hour, 1Day), adjustment, start and end. See the bars endpoint and authentication, and pricing for the plan windows.

curl "https://api.datacedar.com/v3/stocks/lse%3AHLCL/bars?timeframe=1Day&adjustment=all&limit=50000" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"

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