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Huntsman Polymers Corp

0099A · Chemicals & Drugs · NYSE · in our data July 29, 1988 to September 11, 1992 (4.1 years)

The first trading day in our data for Huntsman Polymers Corp is July 29, 1988 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on December 23, 1988, the market valued it at $735 million. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $0.38, -97.0% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: likely failure.

1988-071992-09
Peak market value$735 millionDecember 23, 1988
Highest split-adjusted share price$12.35December 23, 1988
Last share price$0.38September 11, 1992
From its split-adjusted high to the end-97.0%
Return over the days in our data-96.7%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-36.4%September 3, 1992

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 1988.

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Also gone in 1992: Chemicals & Drugs