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Aquila

ILA · Utilities · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to July 14, 2008 (40.5 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Aquila was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on May 21, 2001, the market valued it at $4.2 billion. By the end it had fallen hard: the last trade was $4.04, -88.0% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: delisted or deregistered.

1968-012008-07
Peak market value$4.2 billionMay 21, 2001
Highest split-adjusted share price$33.76May 21, 2001
Last share price$4.04July 14, 2008
From its split-adjusted high to the end-88.0%
Return over the days in our data+613.1%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-51.5%August 15, 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 1968. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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