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CC Media Holdings

CCU · Telecom & Media · NYSE · in our data April 19, 1984 to July 30, 2008 (24.3 years)

The first trading day in our data for CC Media Holdings is April 19, 1984 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on August 31, 2000, the market valued it at $42.3 billion. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $35.98, -57.2% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1984-042008-07
Peak market value$42.3 billionAugust 31, 2000
Highest split-adjusted share price$84.15January 21, 2000
Last share price$35.98July 30, 2008
From its split-adjusted high to the end-57.2%
Return over the days in our data+15263.4%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-18.0%October 19, 1987

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 1984. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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Also gone in 2008: Telecom & Media