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Excelon Corp

EXLN. · Software & Services · NASDAQ · in our data July 23, 1996 to December 19, 2002 (6.4 years)

The first trading day in our data for Excelon Corp is July 23, 1996 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on March 10, 2000, the market valued it at $777 million. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $3.19, -98.5% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: merged or acquired.

1996-072002-12
Peak market value$777 millionMarch 10, 2000
Highest split-adjusted share price$213.50March 10, 2000
Last share price$3.19December 19, 2002
From its split-adjusted high to the end-98.5%
Return over the days in our data-94.7%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-52.3%December 27, 2000

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 1996.

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Also gone in 2002: Software & Services