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Charter Communications

CHTR · Telecom & Media · NASDAQ · in our data November 9, 1999 to April 6, 2009 (9.4 years)

The first trading day in our data for Charter Communications is November 9, 1999 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on June 11, 2001, the market valued it at $7.5 billion. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $0.02, -99.9% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: likely failure.

1999-112009-04
Peak market value$7.5 billionJune 11, 2001
Highest split-adjusted share price$26.31December 3, 1999
Last share price$0.02April 6, 2009
From its split-adjusted high to the end-99.9%
Return over the days in our data-99.9%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-48.1%February 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 1999.

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Also gone in 2009: Telecom & Media