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Tollgrade Communications Inc

TLGD · Instruments & Medical Devices · NASDAQ · in our data December 14, 1995 to May 10, 2011 (15.4 years)

The first trading day in our data for Tollgrade Communications Inc is December 14, 1995 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on July 13, 2000, the market valued it at $2.1 billion. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $10.08, -93.9% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: merged or acquired.

1995-122011-05
Peak market value$2.1 billionJuly 13, 2000
Highest split-adjusted share price$166.30July 13, 2000
Last share price$10.08May 10, 2011
From its split-adjusted high to the end-93.9%
Return over the days in our data+39.0%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-41.1%September 28, 1998

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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