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Syntax-brillian Corp

BRLCQ · Electronics · NASDAQ · in our data September 16, 2003 to July 21, 2008 (4.8 years)

The first trading day in our data for Syntax-brillian Corp is September 16, 2003 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on September 10, 2007, the market valued it at $633 million. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $0.02, -99.8% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: likely failure.

2003-092008-07
Peak market value$633 millionSeptember 10, 2007
Highest split-adjusted share price$12.24January 26, 2004
Last share price$0.02July 21, 2008
From its split-adjusted high to the end-99.8%
Return over the days in our data-99.8%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-94.9%July 8, 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 2003.

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