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Vanstar Corp

VST · Wholesale · NYSE · in our data March 11, 1996 to February 17, 1999 (2.9 years)

The first trading day in our data for Vanstar Corp is March 11, 1996 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on October 15, 1996, the market valued it at $1.2 billion. By the end it had fallen hard: the last trade was $9.62, -66.8% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: delisted or deregistered.

1996-031999-02
Peak market value$1.2 billionOctober 15, 1996
Highest split-adjusted share price$29.00October 15, 1996
Last share price$9.62February 17, 1999
From its split-adjusted high to the end-66.8%
Return over the days in our data-3.8%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-32.8%January 23, 1997

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. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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Also gone in 1999: Wholesale