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Lca Vision Inc

LCAV · Health Care · NASDAQ · in our data January 25, 1996 to May 12, 2014 (18.3 years)

The first trading day in our data for Lca Vision Inc is January 25, 1996 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on April 26, 2006, the market valued it at $1.2 billion. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $5.37, -90.1% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: merged or acquired.

1996-012014-05
Peak market value$1.2 billionApril 26, 2006
Highest split-adjusted share price$54.50January 29, 1996
Last share price$5.37May 12, 2014
From its split-adjusted high to the end-90.1%
Return over the days in our data-88.6%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-33.3%March 19, 1996

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 2014: Health Care