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App Pharmaceuticals Inc

APPX · Chemicals & Drugs · NASDAQ · in our data December 14, 2001 to September 10, 2008 (6.7 years)

The first trading day in our data for App Pharmaceuticals Inc is December 14, 2001 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on April 27, 2006, the market valued it at $5.2 billion. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $24.55, -28.6% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

2001-122008-09
Peak market value$5.2 billionApril 27, 2006
Highest split-adjusted share price$34.40April 6, 2005
Last share price$24.55September 10, 2008
From its split-adjusted high to the end-28.6%
Return over the days in our data+215.1%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-23.8%March 26, 2002

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 2001.

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Also gone in 2008: Chemicals & Drugs