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Comcast Class K Special

CMCSK · Telecom & Media · NASDAQ · in our data March 17, 1980 to December 11, 2015 (35.7 years)

The first trading day in our data for Comcast Class K Special is March 17, 1980 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on January 18, 2007, the market valued it at $31.0 billion. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $58.00. The delisting record says: exchanged for another security. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1980-032015-12
Peak market value$31.0 billionJanuary 18, 2007
Highest split-adjusted share price$64.04July 22, 2015
Last share price$58.00December 11, 2015
From its split-adjusted high to the end-9.4%
Return over the days in our data+37371.9%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-19.1%March 27, 1980

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 1980.

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Also gone in 2015: Telecom & Media