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Elot Inc

ELOT · Software & Services · NASDAQ · in our data November 29, 1983 to July 31, 2001 (17.7 years)

The first trading day in our data for Elot Inc is November 29, 1983 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on January 21, 2000, the market valued it at $638 million. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $0.21, -98.5% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: likely failure.

1983-112001-07
Peak market value$638 millionJanuary 21, 2000
Highest split-adjusted share price$13.75January 19, 1984
Last share price$0.21July 31, 2001
From its split-adjusted high to the end-98.5%
Return over the days in our data-97.5%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-40.0%March 22, 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 1983.

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Also gone in 2001: Software & Services