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Circuit City Stores

CC · Home Furnishing Stores · NYSE · in our data November 18, 1968 to November 7, 2008 (40 years)

The first trading day in our data for Circuit City Stores is November 18, 1968 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on May 18, 2000, the market valued it at $12.5 billion. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $0.25, -99.4% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: likely failure.

1968-112008-11

Peak market value$12.5 billionMay 18, 2000

Highest split-adjusted share price$38.55May 18, 2000

Last share price$0.25November 7, 2008

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

Return over the days in our data+298.0%with dividends, before the last trade

Worst single day-35.6%October 20, 2000

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

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