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Frontier Airlines Holdings

FRNTQ · Airlines · NASDAQ · in our data May 20, 1994 to April 21, 2008 (13.9 years)

The first trading day in our data for Frontier Airlines Holdings is May 20, 1994 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on February 21, 2001, the market valued it at $714 million. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $0.49, -98.1% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: likely failure.

1994-052008-04
Peak market value$714 millionFebruary 21, 2001
Highest split-adjusted share price$25.50February 21, 2001
Last share price$0.49April 21, 2008
From its split-adjusted high to the end-98.1%
Return over the days in our data-80.1%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-69.4%April 11, 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 1994.

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