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Proxim Wireless Corp

PRXM · Electronics · NASDAQ · in our data February 2, 2000 to April 22, 2009 (9.2 years)

The first trading day in our data for Proxim Wireless Corp is February 2, 2000 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on March 10, 2000, the market valued it at $1.8 billion. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $0.09, -100.0% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: likely failure.

2000-022009-04
Peak market value$1.8 billionMarch 10, 2000
Highest split-adjusted share price$2767.23March 10, 2000
Last share price$0.09April 22, 2009
From its split-adjusted high to the end-100.0%
Return over the days in our data-100.0%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-43.1%September 18, 2000

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 2000. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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