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Champion Enterprises Inc

CHB · Lumber · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to November 13, 2009 (41.9 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Champion Enterprises Inc was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on July 2, 1998, the market valued it at $1.4 billion. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $0.20, -99.4% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: likely failure.

1968-012009-11

Peak market value$1.4 billionJuly 2, 1998

Highest split-adjusted share price$31.16July 3, 1972

Last share price$0.20November 13, 2009

From its split-adjusted high to the end-99.4%

Return over the days in our data-60.6%with dividends, before the last trade

Worst single day-42.9%March 12, 2009

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 1968.

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