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Snyder Oil Corp

SNY · Oil & Gas · NYSE · in our data April 12, 1990 to May 5, 1999 (9.1 years)

The first trading day in our data for Snyder Oil Corp is April 12, 1990 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on April 21, 1998, the market valued it at $745 million. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $18.72. The delisting record says: delisted or deregistered. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1990-041999-05
Peak market value$745 millionApril 21, 1998
Highest split-adjusted share price$24.10October 13, 1997
Last share price$18.72May 5, 1999
From its split-adjusted high to the end-22.3%
Return over the days in our data+161.5%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-11.5%January 14, 1999

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 1990.

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