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Continental Airlines

UAL2 · Airlines · NYSE · in our data September 2, 1993 to January 22, 2001 (7.4 years)

The first trading day in our data for Continental Airlines is September 2, 1993 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on January 4, 2001, the market valued it at $816 million. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $63.88. The delisting record says: delisted or deregistered. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1993-092001-01
Peak market value$816 millionJanuary 4, 2001
Highest split-adjusted share price$74.44January 4, 2001
Last share price$63.88January 22, 2001
From its split-adjusted high to the end-14.2%
Return over the days in our data+347.3%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-28.8%December 8, 1994

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 1993. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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