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Liberty Media Corp

LBTYA. · Retail · NASDAQ · in our data April 1, 1991 to August 4, 1994 (3.3 years)

The first trading day in our data for Liberty Media Corp is April 1, 1991 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on October 14, 1993, the market valued it at $2.8 billion. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $23.00. Our data does not say why it stopped trading. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1991-041994-08
Peak market value$2.8 billionOctober 14, 1993
Highest split-adjusted share price$31.50October 14, 1993
Last share price$23.00August 4, 1994
From its split-adjusted high to the end-27.0%
Return over the days in our data+1258.2%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-11.4%October 8, 1993

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 1991.

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