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Horizon Offshore Inc

HOFF · Construction · NASDAQ · in our data April 2, 1998 to December 11, 2007 (9.7 years)

The first trading day in our data for Horizon Offshore Inc is April 2, 1998 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on July 26, 2006, the market valued it at $760 million. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $16.95, -98.8% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: merged or acquired.

1998-042007-12
Peak market value$760 millionJuly 26, 2006
Highest split-adjusted share price$1387.89April 18, 2001
Last share price$16.95December 11, 2007
From its split-adjusted high to the end-98.8%
Return over the days in our data-98.0%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-59.3%November 8, 2004

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 1998.

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Also gone in 2007: Construction