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Verbatim Corp

VRB · Unknown · AMEX · in our data February 15, 1979 to June 12, 1985 (6.3 years)

The first trading day in our data for Verbatim Corp is February 15, 1979 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on August 31, 1983, the market valued it at $668 million. By the end it had fallen hard: the last trade was $7.38, -74.8% from its split-adjusted high. Our data does not say why it stopped trading.

1979-021985-06
Peak market value$668 millionAugust 31, 1983
Highest split-adjusted share price$29.25September 22, 1983
Last share price$7.38June 12, 1985
From its split-adjusted high to the end-74.8%
Return over the days in our data+216.8%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-28.2%December 13, 1979

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 1979. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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Also gone in 1985: Unknown