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Wet Seal Inc

WTSL · Apparel Stores · NASDAQ · in our data July 3, 1990 to January 26, 2015 (24.6 years)

The first trading day in our data for Wet Seal Inc is July 3, 1990 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on April 16, 2002, the market valued it at $720 million. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $0.03, -99.9% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: dropped by the exchange (failure).

1990-072015-01
Peak market value$720 millionApril 16, 2002
Highest split-adjusted share price$25.73April 8, 2002
Last share price$0.03January 26, 2015
From its split-adjusted high to the end-99.9%
Return over the days in our data-99.6%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-70.1%December 11, 2014

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 1990. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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Also gone in 2015: Apparel Stores