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Timco Aviation Services Inc

3TMAV · Airlines · NYSE · in our data June 27, 1996 to December 6, 2001 (5.4 years)

The first trading day in our data for Timco Aviation Services Inc is June 27, 1996 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on July 19, 1999, the market valued it at $642 million. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $0.25, -99.5% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: merged or acquired.

1996-062001-12
Peak market value$642 millionJuly 19, 1999
Highest split-adjusted share price$47.31March 11, 1999
Last share price$0.25December 6, 2001
From its split-adjusted high to the end-99.5%
Return over the days in our data-98.8%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-36.3%January 28, 2000

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 1996.

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