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Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc

SPC · Electronics · NYSE · in our data November 21, 1997 to December 19, 2008 (11.1 years)

The first trading day in our data for Spectrum Brands Holdings Inc is November 21, 1997 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on March 15, 2005, the market valued it at $2.2 billion. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $0.08, -99.8% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: likely failure.

1997-112008-12
Peak market value$2.2 billionMarch 15, 2005
Highest split-adjusted share price$45.00March 15, 2005
Last share price$0.08December 19, 2008
From its split-adjusted high to the end-99.8%
Return over the days in our data-99.5%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-60.0%November 25, 2008

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 1997.

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