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Abovenet Inc

MFNX · Telecom & Media · NASDAQ · in our data October 29, 1997 to May 17, 2002 (4.5 years)

The first trading day in our data for Abovenet Inc is October 29, 1997 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on March 28, 2000, the market valued it at $21.0 billion. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $0.05, -99.9% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: likely failure.

1997-102002-05
Peak market value$21.0 billionMarch 28, 2000
Highest split-adjusted share price$50.56March 28, 2000
Last share price$0.05May 17, 2002
From its split-adjusted high to the end-99.9%
Return over the days in our data-96.4%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-66.5%March 18, 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 1997.

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Also gone in 2002: Telecom & Media