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Violin Memory Inc

VMEM · Machinery & Computers · NYSE · in our data September 27, 2013 to October 27, 2016 (3.1 years)

The first trading day in our data for Violin Memory Inc is September 27, 2013 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on October 1, 2013, the market valued it at $642 million. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $0.36, -98.9% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: dropped by the exchange (failure).

2013-092016-10
Peak market value$642 millionOctober 1, 2013
Highest split-adjusted share price$31.40October 1, 2013
Last share price$0.36October 27, 2016
From its split-adjusted high to the end-98.9%
Return over the days in our data-98.7%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-48.2%November 22, 2013

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 2013. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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