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Gatehouse Media Inc

GHSEQ · Publishing · NYSE · in our data October 25, 2006 to October 23, 2008 (2 years)

The first trading day in our data for Gatehouse Media Inc is October 25, 2006 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on August 2, 2007, the market valued it at $978 million. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $0.07, -99.6% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: likely failure.

2006-102008-10
Peak market value$978 millionAugust 2, 2007
Highest split-adjusted share price$19.39April 16, 2007
Last share price$0.07October 23, 2008
From its split-adjusted high to the end-99.6%
Return over the days in our data-99.6%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-56.2%October 23, 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 2006.

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Also gone in 2008: Publishing