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Abacus Direct Corp

ABDR · Software & Services · NASDAQ · in our data September 27, 1996 to November 23, 1999 (3.2 years)

The first trading day in our data for Abacus Direct Corp is September 27, 1996 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on November 23, 1999, the market valued it at $1.8 billion. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $181.00. The delisting record says: delisted or deregistered. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1996-091999-11
Peak market value$1.8 billionNovember 23, 1999
Highest split-adjusted share price$181.00November 23, 1999
Last share price$181.00November 23, 1999
From its split-adjusted high to the end0.0%
Return over the days in our data+828.2%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-16.5%October 7, 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 1996. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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Also gone in 1999: Software & Services