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Radio Unica Communications

3UNCAQ · Telecom & Media · NASDAQ · in our data October 19, 1999 to September 13, 2002 (2.9 years)

The first trading day in our data for Radio Unica Communications is October 19, 1999 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on November 8, 1999, the market valued it at $669 million. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $0.72, -97.8% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: likely failure.

1999-102002-09
Peak market value$669 millionNovember 8, 1999
Highest split-adjusted share price$32.00November 8, 1999
Last share price$0.72September 13, 2002
From its split-adjusted high to the end-97.8%
Return over the days in our data-97.4%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-24.6%May 4, 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 1999.

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Also gone in 2002: Telecom & Media