Survivorship in the universe: names trading each year, share still listed in July 2026, and median return

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WITH recent AS (
    SELECT DISTINCT ticker
    FROM global_markets.stocks_daily_aggs
    WHERE date >= toDate('2026-06-15')
      AND date <= toDate('2026-07-28')
),
per_name AS (
    SELECT toYear(date) AS year,
           ticker,
           argMin(toFloat64(close), date) AS first_close,
           argMax(toFloat64(close), date) AS last_close,
           count() AS sessions
    FROM global_markets.stocks_daily_aggs
    WHERE date >= toDate('2015-01-01')
      AND date <= toDate('2024-12-31')
      AND close > 1
    GROUP BY year, ticker
    HAVING sessions >= 200
)
SELECT year,
       uniqExact(ticker) AS names_trading,
       round(100 * uniqExactIf(ticker, ticker IN (SELECT ticker FROM recent)) / uniqExact(ticker), 1) AS still_listed_pct,
       round(100 * quantileDeterministic(0.5)(last_close / first_close - 1, cityHash64(ticker)), 2) AS median_return_all_pct,
       round(100 * quantileDeterministicIf(0.5)(last_close / first_close - 1, cityHash64(ticker), ticker IN (SELECT ticker FROM recent)), 2) AS median_return_survivors_pct,
       round(100 * (quantileDeterministicIf(0.5)(last_close / first_close - 1, cityHash64(ticker), ticker IN (SELECT ticker FROM recent))
                    - quantileDeterministic(0.5)(last_close / first_close - 1, cityHash64(ticker))), 2) AS survivor_gap_pp
FROM per_name
GROUP BY year
ORDER BY year