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Viatel Inc

VYTL · Telecom & Media · NASDAQ · in our data October 18, 1996 to May 1, 2001 (4.5 years)

The first trading day in our data for Viatel Inc is October 18, 1996 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on March 8, 2000, the market valued it at $3.3 billion. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $0.26, -99.6% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: likely failure.

1996-102001-05
Peak market value$3.3 billionMarch 8, 2000
Highest split-adjusted share price$70.50March 8, 2000
Last share price$0.26May 1, 2001
From its split-adjusted high to the end-99.6%
Return over the days in our data-97.8%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-54.6%April 12, 2001

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 2001: Telecom & Media