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Prepaid Legal Services Inc

PPD · Insurance · NYSE · in our data October 4, 1979 to June 30, 2011 (31.7 years)

The first trading day in our data for Prepaid Legal Services Inc is October 4, 1979 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on November 6, 2000, the market valued it at $1.0 billion. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $66.49, -6.2% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1979-102011-06
Peak market value$1.0 billionNovember 6, 2000
Highest split-adjusted share price$70.90July 17, 2007
Last share price$66.49June 30, 2011
From its split-adjusted high to the end-6.2%
Return over the days in our data+1519.8%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-40.0%August 21, 1990

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 1979.

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Also gone in 2011: Insurance