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Digitas Inc

DTAS. · Engineering & Consulting · NASDAQ · in our data March 14, 2000 to January 31, 2007 (6.9 years)

The first trading day in our data for Digitas Inc is March 14, 2000 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on March 17, 2000, the market valued it at $1.7 billion. By the end it had fallen hard: the last trade was $13.48, -55.1% from its split-adjusted high. Our data does not say why it stopped trading.

2000-032007-01
Peak market value$1.7 billionMarch 17, 2000
Highest split-adjusted share price$30.00March 17, 2000
Last share price$13.48January 31, 2007
From its split-adjusted high to the end-55.1%
Return over the days in our data-54.3%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-31.6%September 19, 2001

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 2007: Engineering & Consulting