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Superior Services Inc

SUPR.. · Utilities · NASDAQ · in our data March 8, 1996 to November 10, 1999 (3.7 years)

The first trading day in our data for Superior Services Inc is March 8, 1996 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on September 30, 1998, the market valued it at $916 million. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $26.62. Our data does not say why it stopped trading. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1996-031999-11
Peak market value$916 millionSeptember 30, 1998
Highest split-adjusted share price$33.38May 6, 1998
Last share price$26.62November 10, 1999
From its split-adjusted high to the end-20.2%
Return over the days in our data+100.9%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-16.1%November 11, 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 1996.

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