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Source Interlink Cos Inc

SORC · Movies · NASDAQ · in our data February 12, 1996 to May 13, 2009 (13.2 years)

The first trading day in our data for Source Interlink Cos Inc is February 12, 1996 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on July 11, 2005, the market valued it at $673 million. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $0.11, -99.5% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: likely failure.

1996-022009-05
Peak market value$673 millionJuly 11, 2005
Highest split-adjusted share price$22.81February 8, 2000
Last share price$0.11May 13, 2009
From its split-adjusted high to the end-99.5%
Return over the days in our data-98.0%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-38.4%April 28, 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 1996.

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