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Alliance Pharmaceutical

ALLP · Chemicals & Drugs · NASDAQ · in our data March 2, 1984 to October 17, 2002 (18.6 years)

The first trading day in our data for Alliance Pharmaceutical is March 2, 1984 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on February 17, 2000, the market valued it at $851 million. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $0.23, -99.9% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: likely failure.

1984-032002-10
Peak market value$851 millionFebruary 17, 2000
Highest split-adjusted share price$212.51February 12, 1992
Last share price$0.23October 17, 2002
From its split-adjusted high to the end-99.9%
Return over the days in our data-99.1%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-68.3%January 9, 2001

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 1984.

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Also gone in 2002: Chemicals & Drugs