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Mississippi Chemical Corp

MSPIQ · Chemicals & Drugs · NYSE · in our data August 19, 1994 to February 7, 2003 (8.5 years)

The first trading day in our data for Mississippi Chemical Corp is August 19, 1994 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on March 11, 1997, the market valued it at $758 million. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $0.23, -99.1% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: likely failure.

1994-082003-02
Peak market value$758 millionMarch 11, 1997
Highest split-adjusted share price$24.77March 11, 1997
Last share price$0.23February 7, 2003
From its split-adjusted high to the end-99.1%
Return over the days in our data-98.4%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-30.8%February 5, 2003

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.

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Also gone in 2003: Chemicals & Drugs