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Compuserve Corp

CSRV. · Software & Services · NASDAQ · in our data April 19, 1996 to January 30, 1998 (1.8 years)

The first trading day in our data for Compuserve Corp is April 19, 1996 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on April 19, 1996, the market valued it at $3.1 billion. By the end it had fallen hard: the last trade was $14.56, -55.9% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: delisted or deregistered.

1996-041998-01
Peak market value$3.1 billionApril 19, 1996
Highest split-adjusted share price$33.00April 19, 1996
Last share price$14.56January 30, 1998
From its split-adjusted high to the end-55.9%
Return over the days in our data-55.9%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-19.4%July 16, 1996

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 1996.

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Also gone in 1998: Software & Services