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Davidson & Associates Inc

DAVD · Software & Services · NASDAQ · in our data April 1, 1993 to July 24, 1996 (3.3 years)

The first trading day in our data for Davidson & Associates Inc is April 1, 1993 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on October 30, 1995, the market valued it at $1.3 billion. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $28.75. The delisting record says: delisted or deregistered. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1993-041996-07
Peak market value$1.3 billionOctober 30, 1995
Highest split-adjusted share price$38.62October 30, 1995
Last share price$28.75July 24, 1996
From its split-adjusted high to the end-25.6%
Return over the days in our data+253.8%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-27.0%December 8, 1995

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.

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Also gone in 1996: Software & Services