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Aqua Alliance Inc

AAI · Engineering & Consulting · AMEX · in our data August 10, 1989 to August 20, 1999 (10 years)

The first trading day in our data for Aqua Alliance Inc is August 10, 1989 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on July 9, 1990, the market valued it at $631 million. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $2.81, -90.3% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: merged or acquired.

1989-081999-08
Peak market value$631 millionJuly 9, 1990
Highest split-adjusted share price$28.89July 9, 1990
Last share price$2.81August 20, 1999
From its split-adjusted high to the end-90.3%
Return over the days in our data-83.5%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-54.0%September 17, 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 1989.

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Also gone in 1999: Engineering & Consulting