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Starz

STRZA · Telecom & Media · NASDAQ · in our data August 11, 1995 to March 9, 1999 (3.6 years)

The first trading day in our data for Starz is August 11, 1995 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on February 24, 1999, the market valued it at $18.2 billion. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $53.62. Our data does not say why it stopped trading. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1995-081999-03
Peak market value$18.2 billionFebruary 24, 1999
Highest split-adjusted share price$55.88February 24, 1999
Last share price$53.62March 9, 1999
From its split-adjusted high to the end-4.0%
Return over the days in our data+376.7%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-10.9%October 27, 1997

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 1995.

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Also gone in 1999: Telecom & Media