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Jackson Hewitt Tax Service

JTX · Personal Services · NYSE · in our data June 22, 2004 to May 6, 2011 (6.9 years)

The first trading day in our data for Jackson Hewitt Tax Service is June 22, 2004 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on September 12, 2006, the market valued it at $1.3 billion. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $0.18, -99.5% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: likely failure.

2004-062011-05
Peak market value$1.3 billionSeptember 12, 2006
Highest split-adjusted share price$34.14December 5, 2006
Last share price$0.18May 6, 2011
From its split-adjusted high to the end-99.5%
Return over the days in our data-98.8%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-44.7%March 5, 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 2004.

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