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Access Health Inc

ACCS · Health Care · NASDAQ · in our data February 21, 1992 to December 10, 1998 (6.8 years)

The first trading day in our data for Access Health Inc is February 21, 1992 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on December 9, 1998, the market valued it at $893 million. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $37.56. The delisting record says: delisted or deregistered. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1992-021998-12
Peak market value$893 millionDecember 9, 1998
Highest split-adjusted share price$63.25May 23, 1996
Last share price$37.56December 10, 1998
From its split-adjusted high to the end-40.6%
Return over the days in our data+734.7%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-31.7%March 12, 1997

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 1992.

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Also gone in 1998: Health Care