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Vignette Corp

VIGN · Software & Services · NASDAQ · in our data February 19, 1999 to July 21, 2009 (10.4 years)

The first trading day in our data for Vignette Corp is February 19, 1999 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on March 10, 2000, the market valued it at $18.9 billion. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $13.36, -98.7% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: merged or acquired.

1999-022009-07
Peak market value$18.9 billionMarch 10, 2000
Highest split-adjusted share price$990.01March 10, 2000
Last share price$13.36July 21, 2009
From its split-adjusted high to the end-98.7%
Return over the days in our data-81.2%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-37.5%January 18, 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 1999. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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