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Eden Bioscience Corp

EDEN · Chemicals & Drugs · NASDAQ · in our data September 27, 2000 to June 26, 2009 (8.7 years)

The first trading day in our data for Eden Bioscience Corp is September 27, 2000 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on December 8, 2000, the market valued it at $978 million. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $1.27, -99.7% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: delisted or deregistered.

2000-092009-06
Peak market value$978 millionDecember 8, 2000
Highest split-adjusted share price$371.81December 8, 2000
Last share price$1.27June 26, 2009
From its split-adjusted high to the end-99.7%
Return over the days in our data-99.5%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-39.4%May 22, 2006

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 2009: Chemicals & Drugs