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Mueller Water Products Inc

MWA · Metal Products · NYSE · in our data December 15, 2006 to January 28, 2009 (2.1 years)

The first trading day in our data for Mueller Water Products Inc is December 15, 2006 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on May 21, 2007, the market valued it at $1.4 billion. By the end it had fallen hard: the last trade was $7.70, -51.3% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: delisted or deregistered.

2006-122009-01

Peak market value$1.4 billionMay 21, 2007

Highest split-adjusted share price$15.80May 21, 2007

Last share price$7.70January 28, 2009

From its split-adjusted high to the end-51.3%

Return over the days in our data-47.5%with dividends, before the last trade

Worst single day-33.7%September 29, 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 2006.

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