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Southwestern Life Hldgs Inc

SWLH · Insurance · NYSE · in our data October 30, 1992 to January 7, 2000 (7.2 years)

The first trading day in our data for Southwestern Life Hldgs Inc is October 30, 1992 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on July 8, 1997, the market valued it at $1.1 billion. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $0.38, -99.1% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: likely failure.

1992-102000-01
Peak market value$1.1 billionJuly 8, 1997
Highest split-adjusted share price$39.99July 8, 1997
Last share price$0.38January 7, 2000
From its split-adjusted high to the end-99.1%
Return over the days in our data-97.4%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-51.7%August 21, 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 1992. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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