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Telephone & Data Systems

TDS · Telecom & Media · NYSE · in our data December 15, 1981 to January 24, 2012 (30.1 years)

The first trading day in our data for Telephone & Data Systems is December 15, 1981 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on October 5, 2007, the market valued it at $3.9 billion. By the end it had fallen hard: the last trade was $26.85, -57.9% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: delisted or deregistered.

1981-122012-01
Peak market value$3.9 billionOctober 5, 2007
Highest split-adjusted share price$63.71July 17, 2007
Last share price$26.85January 24, 2012
From its split-adjusted high to the end-57.9%
Return over the days in our data+1703.2%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-18.7%October 19, 1987

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 1981. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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Also gone in 2012: Telecom & Media