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Rosetta Stone Inc

RST · Software & Services · NYSE · in our data April 16, 2009 to October 14, 2020 (11.5 years)

The first trading day in our data for Rosetta Stone Inc is April 16, 2009 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on August 31, 2020, the market valued it at $747 million. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $29.99, -5.3% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

2009-042020-10
Peak market value$747 millionAugust 31, 2020
Highest split-adjusted share price$31.67May 5, 2009
Last share price$29.99October 14, 2020
From its split-adjusted high to the end-5.3%
Return over the days in our data+19.4%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-27.2%August 17, 2009

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 2009.

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