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Netcom On-line Comm Services

NETC. · Software & Services · NASDAQ · in our data December 15, 1994 to January 21, 1998 (3.1 years)

The first trading day in our data for Netcom On-line Comm Services is December 15, 1994 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on November 16, 1995, the market valued it at $757 million. By the end it had fallen hard: the last trade was $22.50, -72.8% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: delisted or deregistered.

1994-121998-01
Peak market value$757 millionNovember 16, 1995
Highest split-adjusted share price$82.75November 16, 1995
Last share price$22.50January 21, 1998
From its split-adjusted high to the end-72.8%
Return over the days in our data+32.4%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-21.6%December 18, 1995

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 1998: Software & Services