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The Equitable Companies (later AXA Financial)

EQ · Telecom & Media · NYSE · in our data May 18, 2006 to June 30, 2009 (3.1 years)

The first trading day in our data for The Equitable Companies (later AXA Financial) is May 18, 2006 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on May 17, 2007, the market valued it at $9.8 billion. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $42.06, -25.9% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

2006-052009-06
Peak market value$9.8 billionMay 17, 2007
Highest split-adjusted share price$56.79May 17, 2007
Last share price$42.06June 30, 2009
From its split-adjusted high to the end-25.9%
Return over the days in our data+13.5%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-10.8%October 10, 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 2006. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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Also gone in 2009: Telecom & Media