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Ion Media Networks Inc

IIONQ · Telecom & Media · AMEX · in our data November 29, 1994 to February 15, 2008 (13.2 years)

The first trading day in our data for Ion Media Networks Inc is November 29, 1994 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on September 8, 1999, the market valued it at $882 million. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $1.45, -93.2% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: delisted or deregistered.

1994-112008-02
Peak market value$882 millionSeptember 8, 1999
Highest split-adjusted share price$21.25February 28, 1996
Last share price$1.45February 15, 2008
From its split-adjusted high to the end-93.2%
Return over the days in our data-89.6%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-39.4%July 2, 2002

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 1994. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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Also gone in 2008: Telecom & Media