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Medical Staffng Ntwrk Hldgs

MSNWQ · Software & Services · NYSE · in our data April 18, 2002 to December 12, 2008 (6.7 years)

The first trading day in our data for Medical Staffng Ntwrk Hldgs is April 18, 2002 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on June 10, 2002, the market valued it at $810 million. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $0.26, -99.1% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: likely failure.

2002-042008-12
Peak market value$810 millionJune 10, 2002
Highest split-adjusted share price$28.01June 10, 2002
Last share price$0.26December 12, 2008
From its split-adjusted high to the end-99.1%
Return over the days in our data-98.8%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-54.1%October 14, 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 2002.

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Also gone in 2008: Software & Services