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Blue Coat Systems Inc

BCSI · Software & Services · NASDAQ · in our data November 19, 1999 to February 15, 2012 (12.2 years)

The first trading day in our data for Blue Coat Systems Inc is November 19, 1999 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on September 26, 2000, the market valued it at $6.2 billion. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $25.82, -93.7% from its split-adjusted high. Our data does not say why it stopped trading.

1999-112012-02
Peak market value$6.2 billionSeptember 26, 2000
Highest split-adjusted share price$411.73December 8, 1999
Last share price$25.82February 15, 2012
From its split-adjusted high to the end-93.7%
Return over the days in our data-91.8%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-50.8%November 22, 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.

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