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Alternative Resources Corp

3ALRC. · Software & Services · NASDAQ · in our data May 3, 1994 to June 19, 2001 (7.1 years)

The first trading day in our data for Alternative Resources Corp is May 3, 1994 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on May 17, 1996, the market valued it at $665 million. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $0.49, -98.9% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: likely failure.

1994-052001-06
Peak market value$665 millionMay 17, 1996
Highest split-adjusted share price$43.00May 17, 1996
Last share price$0.49June 19, 2001
From its split-adjusted high to the end-98.9%
Return over the days in our data-94.6%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-35.4%June 18, 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 1994.

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Also gone in 2001: Software & Services