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Walter Energy Inc

WLT · Coal · NYSE · in our data October 10, 1995 to July 7, 2015 (19.7 years)

The first trading day in our data for Walter Energy Inc is October 10, 1995 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on April 29, 2011, the market valued it at $8.6 billion. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $0.16, -99.9% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: dropped by the exchange (failure).

1995-102015-07
Peak market value$8.6 billionApril 29, 2011
Highest split-adjusted share price$136.41April 8, 2011
Last share price$0.16July 7, 2015
From its split-adjusted high to the end-99.9%
Return over the days in our data-96.6%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-35.0%June 26, 2015

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 1995.

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Also gone in 2015: Coal