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Monster Worldwide

MWW · Software & Services · NYSE · in our data December 13, 1996 to October 31, 2016 (19.9 years)

The first trading day in our data for Monster Worldwide is December 13, 1996 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on March 27, 2000, the market valued it at $7.9 billion. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $3.41, -95.9% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: merged or acquired.

1996-122016-10
Peak market value$7.9 billionMarch 27, 2000
Highest split-adjusted share price$83.97March 9, 2000
Last share price$3.41October 31, 2016
From its split-adjusted high to the end-95.9%
Return over the days in our data-46.4%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-36.1%February 11, 2016

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 1996.

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Also gone in 2016: Software & Services