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Trans World Airlines

3TWAIQ · Airlines · AMEX · in our data September 13, 1995 to January 5, 2001 (5.3 years)

The first trading day in our data for Trans World Airlines is September 13, 1995 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on April 10, 1996, the market valued it at $854 million. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $1.32, -94.3% from its split-adjusted high. Our data does not say why it stopped trading.

1995-092001-01
Peak market value$854 millionApril 10, 1996
Highest split-adjusted share price$23.13April 10, 1996
Last share price$1.32January 5, 2001
From its split-adjusted high to the end-94.3%
Return over the days in our data-81.5%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-26.2%November 8, 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 1995. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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