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Voicestream Wireless Corp

VSTR · Telecom & Media · NASDAQ · in our data May 3, 1999 to May 30, 2001 (2.1 years)

The first trading day in our data for Voicestream Wireless Corp is May 3, 1999 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on January 19, 2001, the market valued it at $33.6 billion. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $89.30. Our data does not say why it stopped trading. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1999-052001-05
Peak market value$33.6 billionJanuary 19, 2001
Highest split-adjusted share price$154.15February 15, 2000
Last share price$89.30May 30, 2001
From its split-adjusted high to the end-42.1%
Return over the days in our data+338.9%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-16.7%March 7, 2000

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.

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Also gone in 2001: Telecom & Media