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Hot Topic Inc

HOTT · Apparel Stores · NASDAQ · in our data September 24, 1996 to June 12, 2013 (16.7 years)

The first trading day in our data for Hot Topic Inc is September 24, 1996 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on January 22, 2004, the market valued it at $1.5 billion. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $14.00, -44.8% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1996-092013-06
Peak market value$1.5 billionJanuary 22, 2004
Highest split-adjusted share price$25.38January 22, 2004
Last share price$14.00June 12, 2013
From its split-adjusted high to the end-44.8%
Return over the days in our data+505.2%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-38.4%December 17, 1998

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 1996.

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Also gone in 2013: Apparel Stores