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Level 3 Communications

LVLT · Telecom & Media · NYSE · in our data April 1, 1998 to October 31, 2017 (19.6 years)

The first trading day in our data for Level 3 Communications is April 1, 1998 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on March 10, 2000, the market valued it at $44.4 billion. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $53.63, -97.3% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: merged or acquired.

1998-042017-10
Peak market value$44.4 billionMarch 10, 2000
Highest split-adjusted share price$1952.85March 10, 2000
Last share price$53.63October 31, 2017
From its split-adjusted high to the end-97.3%
Return over the days in our data-90.4%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-39.4%October 23, 2008

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

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