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HFS Inc

HFS. · Holding & Investment Cos · NYSE · in our data December 10, 1992 to December 17, 1997 (5 years)

The first trading day in our data for HFS Inc is December 10, 1992 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on December 17, 1997, the market valued it at $13.0 billion. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $77.44, -2.8% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1992-121997-12
Peak market value$13.0 billionDecember 17, 1997
Highest split-adjusted share price$79.62October 14, 1996
Last share price$77.44December 17, 1997
From its split-adjusted high to the end-2.8%
Return over the days in our data+1669.4%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-9.3%October 27, 1997

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 1992.

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Also gone in 1997: Holding & Investment Cos