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Sprint Nextel

S · Telecom & Media · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to July 10, 2013 (45.5 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Sprint Nextel was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on April 10, 2006, the market valued it at $76.1 billion. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $7.18, -87.8% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1968-012013-07
Peak market value$76.1 billionApril 10, 2006
Highest split-adjusted share price$58.85November 18, 1999
Last share price$7.18July 10, 2013
From its split-adjusted high to the end-87.8%
Return over the days in our data+852.0%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-27.1%November 20, 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 1968.

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Also gone in 2013: Telecom & Media