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Hayes Lemmerz Intl Inc

HAYZ · Autos & Aerospace · NASDAQ · in our data December 2, 2003 to May 20, 2009 (5.5 years)

The first trading day in our data for Hayes Lemmerz Intl Inc is December 2, 2003 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on February 12, 2004, the market valued it at $678 million. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $0.04, -99.8% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: likely failure.

2003-122009-05
Peak market value$678 millionFebruary 12, 2004
Highest split-adjusted share price$20.00January 16, 2004
Last share price$0.04May 20, 2009
From its split-adjusted high to the end-99.8%
Return over the days in our data-99.7%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-56.9%May 12, 2009

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 2003.

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Also gone in 2009: Autos & Aerospace