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Leap Wireless Intl Inc

LWIN · Telecom & Media · NASDAQ · in our data September 24, 1998 to December 10, 2002 (4.2 years)

The first trading day in our data for Leap Wireless Intl Inc is September 24, 1998 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on March 23, 2000, the market valued it at $2.5 billion. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $0.32, -99.7% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: likely failure.

1998-092002-12
Peak market value$2.5 billionMarch 23, 2000
Highest split-adjusted share price$102.12March 23, 2000
Last share price$0.32December 10, 2002
From its split-adjusted high to the end-99.7%
Return over the days in our data-96.0%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-41.9%August 29, 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 1998.

Could you have seen it coming? Play Dot-com

Also gone in 2002: Telecom & Media