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Borders Group

BGP · Retail · NYSE · in our data May 25, 1995 to February 15, 2011 (15.7 years)

The first trading day in our data for Borders Group is May 25, 1995 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on July 6, 1998, the market valued it at $3.1 billion. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $0.23, -99.4% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: likely failure.

1995-052011-02
Peak market value$3.1 billionJuly 6, 1998
Highest split-adjusted share price$36.86July 6, 1998
Last share price$0.23February 15, 2011
From its split-adjusted high to the end-99.4%
Return over the days in our data-96.8%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-40.5%November 26, 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 1995. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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