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Supermedia Inc

SPMD · Publishing · NASDAQ · in our data December 31, 2009 to April 30, 2013 (3.3 years)

The first trading day in our data for Supermedia Inc is December 31, 2009 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on December 31, 2009, the market valued it at $3.8 billion. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $5.25, -97.9% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: merged or acquired.

2009-122013-04
Peak market value$3.8 billionDecember 31, 2009
Highest split-adjusted share price$252.50December 31, 2009
Last share price$5.25April 30, 2013
From its split-adjusted high to the end-97.9%
Return over the days in our data-97.9%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-80.6%January 4, 2010

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 2009.

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