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Akorn Inc

AKRX · Chemicals & Drugs · NASDAQ · in our data April 8, 1988 to May 29, 2020 (32.1 years)

The first trading day in our data for Akorn Inc is April 8, 1988 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on April 23, 2015, the market valued it at $6.4 billion. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $0.09, -99.8% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: dropped by the exchange (failure).

1988-042020-05
Peak market value$6.4 billionApril 23, 2015
Highest split-adjusted share price$55.92April 23, 2015
Last share price$0.09May 29, 2020
From its split-adjusted high to the end-99.8%
Return over the days in our data-98.0%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-64.5%April 1, 2020

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 1988.

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