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First Utd Bancshares Inc

UNTD. · Banks · NASDAQ · in our data October 1, 1984 to August 31, 2000 (15.9 years)

The first trading day in our data for First Utd Bancshares Inc is October 1, 1984 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on April 1, 1998, the market valued it at $705 million. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $16.25. The delisting record says: delisted or deregistered. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1984-102000-08

Peak market value$705 millionApril 1, 1998

Highest split-adjusted share price$26.06April 1, 1998

Last share price$16.25August 31, 2000

From its split-adjusted high to the end-37.6%

Return over the days in our data+458.7%with dividends, before the last trade

Worst single day-14.6%March 31, 1999

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 1984.

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