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Xidex Corp

AAC1 · Unknown · NASDAQ · in our data October 26, 1978 to August 29, 1988 (9.8 years)

The first trading day in our data for Xidex Corp is October 26, 1978 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on June 2, 1986, the market valued it at $935 million. By the end it had fallen hard: the last trade was $8.88, -65.5% from its split-adjusted high. Our data does not say why it stopped trading.

1978-101988-08
Peak market value$935 millionJune 2, 1986
Highest split-adjusted share price$25.75August 12, 1983
Last share price$8.88August 29, 1988
From its split-adjusted high to the end-65.5%
Return over the days in our data+264.1%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-29.4%October 26, 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 1978.

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Also gone in 1988: Unknown