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Fairpoint Communications Inc

FRP · Telecom & Media · NASDAQ · in our data January 25, 2011 to July 3, 2017 (6.4 years)

The first trading day in our data for Fairpoint Communications Inc is January 25, 2011 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on February 18, 2011, the market valued it at $651 million. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $15.95, -35.6% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

2011-012017-07
Peak market value$651 millionFebruary 18, 2011
Highest split-adjusted share price$24.78February 18, 2011
Last share price$15.95July 3, 2017
From its split-adjusted high to the end-35.6%
Return over the days in our data-34.9%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-40.3%May 17, 2011

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 2011.

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Also gone in 2017: Telecom & Media