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Media General Inc

YBTVA · Telecom & Media · NASDAQ · in our data November 8, 1994 to January 26, 2009 (14.2 years)

The first trading day in our data for Media General Inc is November 8, 1994 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on July 13, 1998, the market valued it at $822 million. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $0.04, -99.9% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: likely failure.

1994-112009-01
Peak market value$822 millionJuly 13, 1998
Highest split-adjusted share price$69.00July 13, 1998
Last share price$0.04January 26, 2009
From its split-adjusted high to the end-99.9%
Return over the days in our data-99.8%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-39.3%May 30, 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 1994. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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Also gone in 2009: Telecom & Media