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Expressjet Holdings Inc

XJT · Airlines · NYSE · in our data April 18, 2002 to November 12, 2010 (8.6 years)

The first trading day in our data for Expressjet Holdings Inc is April 18, 2002 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on April 19, 2002, the market valued it at $1.0 billion. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $6.74, -96.1% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: merged or acquired.

2002-042010-11
Peak market value$1.0 billionApril 19, 2002
Highest split-adjusted share price$171.50November 13, 2003
Last share price$6.74November 12, 2010
From its split-adjusted high to the end-96.1%
Return over the days in our data-95.8%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-41.0%May 22, 2008

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 2002.

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