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Dobson Communications Corp

DCEL · Telecom & Media · NASDAQ · in our data February 4, 2000 to November 16, 2007 (7.8 years)

The first trading day in our data for Dobson Communications Corp is February 4, 2000 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on November 14, 2007, the market valued it at $2.2 billion. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $12.56, -92.9% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: merged or acquired.

2000-022007-11
Peak market value$2.2 billionNovember 14, 2007
Highest split-adjusted share price$175.86May 17, 2000
Last share price$12.56November 16, 2007
From its split-adjusted high to the end-92.9%
Return over the days in our data-90.7%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-54.2%August 10, 2004

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: Telecom & Media