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Belco Oil & Gas Corp

BOG. · Oil & Gas · NYSE · in our data March 26, 1996 to August 21, 2001 (5.4 years)

The first trading day in our data for Belco Oil & Gas Corp is March 26, 1996 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on June 28, 1996, the market valued it at $1.1 billion. By the end it had fallen hard: the last trade was $8.20, -76.9% from its split-adjusted high. Our data does not say why it stopped trading.

1996-032001-08
Peak market value$1.1 billionJune 28, 1996
Highest split-adjusted share price$35.50June 28, 1996
Last share price$8.20August 21, 2001
From its split-adjusted high to the end-76.9%
Return over the days in our data-63.8%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-17.9%February 25, 1997

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

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