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Ask Jeeves Inc

ASKJ · Software & Services · NASDAQ · in our data July 1, 1999 to July 19, 2005 (6.1 years)

The first trading day in our data for Ask Jeeves Inc is July 1, 1999 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on November 16, 1999, the market valued it at $4.5 billion. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $33.39, -82.0% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1999-072005-07
Peak market value$4.5 billionNovember 16, 1999
Highest split-adjusted share price$186.00November 16, 1999
Last share price$33.39July 19, 2005
From its split-adjusted high to the end-82.0%
Return over the days in our data-48.6%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-60.7%December 8, 2000

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 1999. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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Also gone in 2005: Software & Services