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Trident Microsystems Inc

TRID · Electronics · NASDAQ · in our data December 16, 1992 to January 18, 2012 (19.1 years)

The first trading day in our data for Trident Microsystems Inc is December 16, 1992 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on April 19, 2006, the market valued it at $1.8 billion. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $0.16, -99.5% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: likely failure.

1992-122012-01
Peak market value$1.8 billionApril 19, 2006
Highest split-adjusted share price$31.07April 19, 2006
Last share price$0.16January 18, 2012
From its split-adjusted high to the end-99.5%
Return over the days in our data-97.0%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-68.5%January 4, 2012

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 1992.

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