Hindsight Market

The Graveyard › 1996

Flightsafety International

FSI · Education · NYSE · in our data January 23, 1970 to December 23, 1996 (26.9 years)

The first trading day in our data for Flightsafety International is January 23, 1970 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on July 20, 1990, the market valued it at $2.2 billion. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $47.88, -21.3% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1970-011996-12
Peak market value$2.2 billionJuly 20, 1990
Highest split-adjusted share price$60.80July 20, 1990
Last share price$47.88December 23, 1996
From its split-adjusted high to the end-21.3%
Return over the days in our data+5838.7%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-23.7%June 24, 1982

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 1970.

Play today's Daily Drop