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Smartalk Teleservices Inc

STKTQ · Telecom & Media · NASDAQ · in our data October 24, 1996 to January 19, 1999 (2.2 years)

The first trading day in our data for Smartalk Teleservices Inc is October 24, 1996 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on March 24, 1998, the market valued it at $802 million. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $1.91, -94.7% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: likely failure.

1996-101999-01
Peak market value$802 millionMarch 24, 1998
Highest split-adjusted share price$35.87March 24, 1998
Last share price$1.91January 19, 1999
From its split-adjusted high to the end-94.7%
Return over the days in our data-87.0%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-57.0%August 11, 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.

Could you have seen it coming? Play Dot-com

Also gone in 1999: Telecom & Media