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Arbitron Inc

ARB · Engineering & Consulting · NYSE · in our data October 16, 2000 to September 27, 2013 (12.9 years)

The first trading day in our data for Arbitron Inc is October 16, 2000 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on July 18, 2007, the market valued it at $1.6 billion. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $48.00. The delisting record says: delisted or deregistered. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

2000-102013-09
Peak market value$1.6 billionJuly 18, 2007
Highest split-adjusted share price$49.98July 18, 2007
Last share price$48.00September 27, 2013
From its split-adjusted high to the end-4.0%
Return over the days in our data+47.4%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-24.5%November 19, 2008

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 2000.

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Also gone in 2013: Engineering & Consulting