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Cellnet Data Systems Inc

CNTDQ · Software & Services · NASDAQ · in our data September 27, 1996 to January 31, 2000 (3.3 years)

The first trading day in our data for Cellnet Data Systems Inc is September 27, 1996 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on September 27, 1996, the market valued it at $770 million. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $1.44, -92.4% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: likely failure.

1996-092000-01
Peak market value$770 millionSeptember 27, 1996
Highest split-adjusted share price$19.00September 27, 1996
Last share price$1.44January 31, 2000
From its split-adjusted high to the end-92.4%
Return over the days in our data-92.4%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-61.5%October 27, 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 1996.

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Also gone in 2000: Software & Services