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Avantek Inc

AVAK · Electronics · NASDAQ · in our data November 16, 1978 to November 4, 1991 (13 years)

The first trading day in our data for Avantek Inc is November 16, 1978 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on June 17, 1983, the market valued it at $608 million. By the end it had fallen hard: the last trade was $4.50, -86.2% from its split-adjusted high. Our data does not say why it stopped trading.

1978-111991-11
Peak market value$608 millionJune 17, 1983
Highest split-adjusted share price$32.62June 17, 1983
Last share price$4.50November 4, 1991
From its split-adjusted high to the end-86.2%
Return over the days in our data+152.6%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-18.8%October 19, 1987

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 1978. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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