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Breed Technologies Inc

BDTTZ · Autos & Aerospace · NYSE · in our data November 13, 1992 to September 20, 1999 (6.9 years)

The first trading day in our data for Breed Technologies Inc is November 13, 1992 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on April 29, 1994, the market valued it at $1.3 billion. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $0.56, -98.6% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: likely failure.

1992-111999-09
Peak market value$1.3 billionApril 29, 1994
Highest split-adjusted share price$41.39April 29, 1994
Last share price$0.56September 20, 1999
From its split-adjusted high to the end-98.6%
Return over the days in our data-97.1%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-34.4%June 9, 1999

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 1992.

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Also gone in 1999: Autos & Aerospace