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CKS Group Inc

CKSG · Software & Services · NASDAQ · in our data December 15, 1995 to December 16, 1998 (3 years)

The first trading day in our data for CKS Group Inc is December 15, 1995 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on September 18, 1997, the market valued it at $652 million. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $35.00. The delisting record says: delisted or deregistered. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1995-121998-12
Peak market value$652 millionSeptember 18, 1997
Highest split-adjusted share price$44.25September 18, 1997
Last share price$35.00December 16, 1998
From its split-adjusted high to the end-20.9%
Return over the days in our data+42.9%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-63.1%November 10, 1997

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 1995.

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Also gone in 1998: Software & Services