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Handspring Inc

HAND · Machinery & Computers · NASDAQ · in our data June 21, 2000 to October 28, 2003 (3.4 years)

The first trading day in our data for Handspring Inc is June 21, 2000 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on October 26, 2000, the market valued it at $12.1 billion. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $1.65, -98.3% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: merged or acquired.

2000-062003-10
Peak market value$12.1 billionOctober 26, 2000
Highest split-adjusted share price$95.47October 26, 2000
Last share price$1.65October 28, 2003
From its split-adjusted high to the end-98.3%
Return over the days in our data-93.9%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-35.1%September 28, 2001

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 2000.

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Also gone in 2003: Machinery & Computers