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Red Brick Systems Inc

REDB · Software & Services · NASDAQ · in our data January 23, 1996 to December 31, 1998 (2.9 years)

The first trading day in our data for Red Brick Systems Inc is January 23, 1996 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on April 25, 1996, the market valued it at $675 million. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $5.88, -90.3% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: delisted or deregistered.

1996-011998-12
Peak market value$675 millionApril 25, 1996
Highest split-adjusted share price$60.75April 25, 1996
Last share price$5.88December 31, 1998
From its split-adjusted high to the end-90.3%
Return over the days in our data-80.6%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-27.9%January 16, 1998

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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