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Quicksilver Resources Inc

KWK · Oil & Gas · NYSE · in our data March 5, 1999 to January 7, 2015 (15.8 years)

The first trading day in our data for Quicksilver Resources Inc is March 5, 1999 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on May 6, 2008, the market valued it at $6.9 billion. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $0.15, -99.7% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: dropped by the exchange (failure).

1999-032015-01
Peak market value$6.9 billionMay 6, 2008
Highest split-adjusted share price$43.73May 6, 2008
Last share price$0.15January 7, 2015
From its split-adjusted high to the end-99.7%
Return over the days in our data-88.3%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-44.0%November 28, 2014

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 1999.

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