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Avient Corp

AVNT · Chemicals & Drugs · NYSE · in our data April 29, 1993 to August 31, 2000 (7.3 years)

The first trading day in our data for Avient Corp is April 29, 1993 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on October 13, 1994, the market valued it at $880 million. By the end it had fallen hard: the last trade was $17.44, -50.6% from its split-adjusted high. Our data does not say why it stopped trading.

1993-042000-08
Peak market value$880 millionOctober 13, 1994
Highest split-adjusted share price$35.29June 14, 1999
Last share price$17.44August 31, 2000
From its split-adjusted high to the end-50.6%
Return over the days in our data+8.4%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-11.3%July 10, 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 1993.

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Also gone in 2000: Chemicals & Drugs