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Decode Genetics Inc

DCGN · Engineering & Consulting · NASDAQ · in our data July 18, 2000 to January 5, 2010 (9.5 years)

The first trading day in our data for Decode Genetics Inc is July 18, 2000 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on September 11, 2000, the market valued it at $1.3 billion. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $0.07, -99.8% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: likely failure.

2000-072010-01
Peak market value$1.3 billionSeptember 11, 2000
Highest split-adjusted share price$28.75September 11, 2000
Last share price$0.07January 5, 2010
From its split-adjusted high to the end-99.8%
Return over the days in our data-99.7%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-83.5%November 17, 2009

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 2000.

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Also gone in 2010: Engineering & Consulting