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Westell Tech Inc

WSTL · Electronics · NASDAQ · in our data December 1, 1995 to October 16, 2020 (24.9 years)

The first trading day in our data for Westell Tech Inc is December 1, 1995 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on July 25, 2000, the market valued it at $1.2 billion. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $0.72, -99.7% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: dropped by the exchange (failure).

1995-122020-10
Peak market value$1.2 billionJuly 25, 2000
Highest split-adjusted share price$221.49June 13, 1996
Last share price$0.72October 16, 2020
From its split-adjusted high to the end-99.7%
Return over the days in our data-98.5%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-35.0%July 21, 2005

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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