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Syntroleum Corp

SYNM · Engineering & Consulting · NASDAQ · in our data July 29, 1997 to June 6, 2014 (16.9 years)

The first trading day in our data for Syntroleum Corp is July 29, 1997 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on September 12, 2005, the market valued it at $876 million. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $3.35, -99.1% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: liquidated.

1997-072014-06
Peak market value$876 millionSeptember 12, 2005
Highest split-adjusted share price$352.51February 24, 1998
Last share price$3.35June 6, 2014
From its split-adjusted high to the end-99.1%
Return over the days in our data-98.0%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-36.0%October 3, 2005

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 1997.

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Also gone in 2014: Engineering & Consulting