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Teltrend Inc

TLTN · Electronics · NASDAQ · in our data June 9, 1995 to March 16, 2000 (4.8 years)

The first trading day in our data for Teltrend Inc is June 9, 1995 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on March 10, 2000, the market valued it at $714 million. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $114.38. Our data does not say why it stopped trading. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1995-062000-03
Peak market value$714 millionMarch 10, 2000
Highest split-adjusted share price$123.50March 10, 2000
Last share price$114.38March 16, 2000
From its split-adjusted high to the end-7.4%
Return over the days in our data+609.3%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-25.5%January 15, 1997

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 1995.

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