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Bally Total Fitness Hldg CP

BFTH · Entertainment · NYSE · in our data January 10, 1996 to May 1, 2007 (11.3 years)

The first trading day in our data for Bally Total Fitness Hldg CP is January 10, 1996 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on July 20, 1998, the market valued it at $866 million. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $0.77, -97.9% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: likely failure.

1996-012007-05
Peak market value$866 millionJuly 20, 1998
Highest split-adjusted share price$36.62July 20, 1998
Last share price$0.77May 1, 2007
From its split-adjusted high to the end-97.9%
Return over the days in our data-84.0%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-62.3%March 16, 2007

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 1996.

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Also gone in 2007: Entertainment