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Foundation Coal Holdings Inc

FCL · Coal · NYSE · in our data December 9, 2004 to July 31, 2009 (4.6 years)

The first trading day in our data for Foundation Coal Holdings Inc is December 9, 2004 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on July 1, 2008, the market valued it at $4.0 billion. By the end it had fallen hard: the last trade was $35.93, -59.2% from its split-adjusted high. Our data does not say why it stopped trading.

2004-122009-07

Peak market value$4.0 billionJuly 1, 2008

Highest split-adjusted share price$88.04July 1, 2008

Last share price$35.93July 31, 2009

From its split-adjusted high to the end-59.2%

Return over the days in our data+69.8%with dividends, before the last trade

Worst single day-22.9%October 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 2004. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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