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Building One Services Corp

BOSS · Engineering & Consulting · NASDAQ · in our data November 26, 1997 to February 22, 2000 (2.2 years)

The first trading day in our data for Building One Services Corp is November 26, 1997 (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 $1.0 billion. By the end it had fallen hard: the last trade was $9.38, -63.0% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: delisted or deregistered.

1997-112000-02
Peak market value$1.0 billionJuly 6, 1998
Highest split-adjusted share price$25.37March 6, 1998
Last share price$9.38February 22, 2000
From its split-adjusted high to the end-63.0%
Return over the days in our data-53.6%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-19.7%April 30, 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 1997.

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Also gone in 2000: Engineering & Consulting