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Polymer Group Inc

3POLGA · Textiles · NYSE · in our data May 10, 1996 to May 13, 2002 (6 years)

The first trading day in our data for Polymer Group Inc is May 10, 1996 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on May 14, 1996, the market valued it at $656 million. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $0.25, -98.8% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: likely failure.

1996-052002-05
Peak market value$656 millionMay 14, 1996
Highest split-adjusted share price$20.23May 14, 1996
Last share price$0.25May 13, 2002
From its split-adjusted high to the end-98.8%
Return over the days in our data-98.7%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-53.7%May 13, 2002

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. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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Also gone in 2002: Textiles