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XM Satellite Radio Hldgs Inc

XMSR · Telecom & Media · NASDAQ · in our data October 5, 1999 to July 29, 2008 (8.8 years)

The first trading day in our data for XM Satellite Radio Hldgs Inc is October 5, 1999 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on December 21, 2004, the market valued it at $8.3 billion. By the end it had fallen hard: the last trade was $7.43, -83.8% from its split-adjusted high. The delisting record says: delisted or deregistered.

1999-102008-07
Peak market value$8.3 billionDecember 21, 2004
Highest split-adjusted share price$45.94March 7, 2000
Last share price$7.43July 29, 2008
From its split-adjusted high to the end-83.8%
Return over the days in our data-38.0%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-30.6%September 27, 2001

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 1999. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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Also gone in 2008: Telecom & Media