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Starter Corp

STAZQ · Apparel · NYSE · in our data April 8, 1993 to April 19, 1999 (6 years)

The first trading day in our data for Starter Corp is April 8, 1993 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on May 5, 1993, the market valued it at $680 million. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $1.25, -95.2% from its split-adjusted high. Our data does not say why it stopped trading.

1993-041999-04

Peak market value$680 millionMay 5, 1993

Highest split-adjusted share price$25.75May 5, 1993

Last share price$1.25April 19, 1999

From its split-adjusted high to the end-95.2%

Return over the days in our data-95.0%with dividends, before the last trade

Worst single day-47.4%April 19, 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 1993.

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