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W World Corp

PARS · Chemicals & Drugs · NASDAQ · in our data August 5, 1983 to March 12, 2009 (25.6 years)

The first trading day in our data for W World Corp is August 5, 1983 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on March 6, 2000, the market valued it at $613 million. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $0.07, -100.0% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: likely failure.

1983-082009-03
Peak market value$613 millionMarch 6, 2000
Highest split-adjusted share price$248.75March 23, 1987
Last share price$0.07March 12, 2009
From its split-adjusted high to the end-100.0%
Return over the days in our data-100.0%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-66.3%December 20, 2004

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 1983.

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Also gone in 2009: Chemicals & Drugs