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Broadwing Corp

CORV · Telecom & Media · NASDAQ · in our data July 28, 2000 to January 3, 2007 (6.4 years)

The first trading day in our data for Broadwing Corp is July 28, 2000 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on August 4, 2000, the market valued it at $35.9 billion. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $15.73, -98.5% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: merged or acquired.

2000-072007-01
Peak market value$35.9 billionAugust 4, 2000
Highest split-adjusted share price$1080.63August 4, 2000
Last share price$15.73January 3, 2007
From its split-adjusted high to the end-98.5%
Return over the days in our data-98.1%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-25.8%September 12, 2003

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 2000.

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Also gone in 2007: Telecom & Media