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Cartesian Inc

CRTN · Engineering & Consulting · NASDAQ · in our data November 23, 1999 to November 13, 2017 (18 years)

The first trading day in our data for Cartesian Inc is November 23, 1999 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on March 14, 2000, the market valued it at $1.1 billion. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $0.40, -99.8% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: dropped by the exchange (failure).

1999-112017-11
Peak market value$1.1 billionMarch 14, 2000
Highest split-adjusted share price$201.87March 14, 2000
Last share price$0.40November 13, 2017
From its split-adjusted high to the end-99.8%
Return over the days in our data-99.7%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-40.4%November 2, 2017

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 1999.

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Also gone in 2017: Engineering & Consulting