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BMC Stock Holdings Inc

BMCH · Home Improvement · NYSE · in our data August 22, 1991 to October 28, 2008 (17.2 years)

The first trading day in our data for BMC Stock Holdings Inc is August 22, 1991 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on September 6, 2005, the market valued it at $1.4 billion. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $0.21, -99.5% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: likely failure.

1991-082008-10

Peak market value$1.4 billionSeptember 6, 2005

Highest split-adjusted share price$46.10September 6, 2005

Last share price$0.21October 28, 2008

From its split-adjusted high to the end-99.5%

Return over the days in our data-91.4%with dividends, before the last trade

Worst single day-40.8%October 24, 2008

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 1991.

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