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E.W. Scripps

SSP · Telecom & Media · NYSE · in our data June 29, 1988 to November 13, 1996 (8.4 years)

The first trading day in our data for E.W. Scripps is June 29, 1988 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on November 13, 1996, the market valued it at $3.2 billion. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $52.00. Our data does not say why it stopped trading. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1988-061996-11
Peak market value$3.2 billionNovember 13, 1996
Highest split-adjusted share price$52.00November 13, 1996
Last share price$52.00November 13, 1996
From its split-adjusted high to the end0.0%
Return over the days in our data+273.1%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-12.4%April 17, 1990

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 1988.

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Also gone in 1996: Telecom & Media