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Acacia Research Corp

ACTG · Holding & Investment Cos · NASDAQ · in our data July 8, 1996 to December 13, 2002 (6.4 years)

The first trading day in our data for Acacia Research Corp is July 8, 1996 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on March 9, 2000, the market valued it at $641 million. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $5.46, -89.4% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1996-072002-12
Peak market value$641 millionMarch 9, 2000
Highest split-adjusted share price$51.59March 9, 2000
Last share price$5.46December 13, 2002
From its split-adjusted high to the end-89.4%
Return over the days in our data+33.5%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-41.0%April 14, 2000

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 2002: Holding & Investment Cos