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Sharper Image Corp

SHRPQ · Retail · NASDAQ · in our data April 28, 1987 to February 28, 2008 (20.8 years)

The first trading day in our data for Sharper Image Corp is April 28, 1987 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on February 6, 2004, the market valued it at $611 million. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $0.20, -99.5% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: likely failure.

1987-042008-02
Peak market value$611 millionFebruary 6, 2004
Highest split-adjusted share price$39.88February 6, 2004
Last share price$0.20February 28, 2008
From its split-adjusted high to the end-99.5%
Return over the days in our data-98.2%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-71.5%February 20, 2008

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 1987.

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Also gone in 2008: Retail