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First Acceptance Corp

FAC · Insurance · NYSE · in our data April 19, 1972 to April 6, 2018 (46 years)

The first trading day in our data for First Acceptance Corp is April 19, 1972 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on March 31, 2006, the market valued it at $632 million. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $0.81, -95.6% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: dropped by the exchange (failure).

1972-042018-04
Peak market value$632 millionMarch 31, 2006
Highest split-adjusted share price$18.32April 17, 1986
Last share price$0.81April 6, 2018
From its split-adjusted high to the end-95.6%
Return over the days in our data-77.2%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-37.5%October 26, 1993

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 1972.

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