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Ziff-davis Inc

ZD · Publishing · NYSE · in our data April 29, 1998 to October 17, 2000 (2.5 years)

The first trading day in our data for Ziff-davis Inc is April 29, 1998 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on March 30, 1999, the market valued it at $2.9 billion. By the end it had fallen hard: the last trade was $6.31, -74.7% from its split-adjusted high. Our data does not say why it stopped trading.

1998-042000-10
Peak market value$2.9 billionMarch 30, 1999
Highest split-adjusted share price$24.97March 30, 1999
Last share price$6.31October 17, 2000
From its split-adjusted high to the end-74.7%
Return over the days in our data-58.6%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-33.5%August 22, 2000

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 1998. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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