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1-800 Contacts Inc

CTAC · Retail · NASDAQ · in our data February 10, 1998 to September 6, 2007 (9.6 years)

The first trading day in our data for 1-800 Contacts Inc is February 10, 1998 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on September 27, 2000, the market valued it at $727 million. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $24.25, -61.2% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1998-022007-09
Peak market value$727 millionSeptember 27, 2000
Highest split-adjusted share price$62.50September 27, 2000
Last share price$24.25September 6, 2007
From its split-adjusted high to the end-61.2%
Return over the days in our data+243.4%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-31.3%August 11, 1998

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 1998.

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