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Verasun Energy Corp

VSUNQ · Chemicals & Drugs · NYSE · in our data June 14, 2006 to October 31, 2008 (2.4 years)

The first trading day in our data for Verasun Energy Corp is June 14, 2006 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on June 14, 2006, the market valued it at $2.2 billion. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $0.48, -98.4% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: likely failure.

2006-062008-10
Peak market value$2.2 billionJune 14, 2006
Highest split-adjusted share price$30.00June 14, 2006
Last share price$0.48October 31, 2008
From its split-adjusted high to the end-98.4%
Return over the days in our data-98.4%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-73.0%September 17, 2008

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 2006.

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Also gone in 2008: Chemicals & Drugs