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Journal Communications Inc

JRN · Telecom & Media · NYSE · in our data September 24, 2003 to March 31, 2015 (11.5 years)

The first trading day in our data for Journal Communications Inc is September 24, 2003 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on May 1, 2007, the market valued it at $676 million. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $14.82, -11.3% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

2003-092015-03
Peak market value$676 millionMay 1, 2007
Highest split-adjusted share price$16.71February 11, 2004
Last share price$14.82March 31, 2015
From its split-adjusted high to the end-11.3%
Return over the days in our data+10.3%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-29.8%March 2, 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 2003.

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Also gone in 2015: Telecom & Media