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Abr Information Services Inc

ABRX. · Insurance Agents · NASDAQ · in our data May 26, 1994 to July 22, 1999 (5.2 years)

The first trading day in our data for Abr Information Services Inc is May 26, 1994 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on June 30, 1999, the market valued it at $2.6 billion. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $25.50, -71.7% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1994-051999-07
Peak market value$2.6 billionJune 30, 1999
Highest split-adjusted share price$90.06June 30, 1999
Last share price$25.50July 22, 1999
From its split-adjusted high to the end-71.7%
Return over the days in our data+955.2%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-68.9%July 1, 1999

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 1994.

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Also gone in 1999: Insurance Agents