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Sierra On-line Inc

SIER. · Software & Services · NASDAQ · in our data October 6, 1988 to July 24, 1996 (7.8 years)

The first trading day in our data for Sierra On-line Inc is October 6, 1988 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on June 12, 1996, the market valued it at $952 million. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $41.50. The delisting record says: delisted or deregistered. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1988-101996-07
Peak market value$952 millionJune 12, 1996
Highest split-adjusted share price$47.66June 12, 1996
Last share price$41.50July 24, 1996
From its split-adjusted high to the end-12.9%
Return over the days in our data+1228.0%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-19.7%December 17, 1992

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 1988.

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Also gone in 1996: Software & Services