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Worlds of Wonder Inc

WOWIQ · Unknown · NASDAQ · in our data June 20, 1986 to May 16, 1988 (1.9 years)

The first trading day in our data for Worlds of Wonder Inc is June 20, 1986 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on June 20, 1986, the market valued it at $641 million. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $1.12, -96.1% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: likely failure.

1986-061988-05
Peak market value$641 millionJune 20, 1986
Highest split-adjusted share price$29.13June 20, 1986
Last share price$1.12May 16, 1988
From its split-adjusted high to the end-96.1%
Return over the days in our data-96.1%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-28.6%December 23, 1987

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 1986. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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Also gone in 1988: Unknown