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Official Payments Corp

OPAY. · Engineering & Consulting · NASDAQ · in our data November 23, 1999 to July 31, 2002 (2.7 years)

The first trading day in our data for Official Payments Corp is November 23, 1999 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on December 31, 1999, the market valued it at $1.1 billion. It ended in a collapse: the last trade was $3.00, -94.2% from its split-adjusted high. Our data does not say why it stopped trading.

1999-112002-07
Peak market value$1.1 billionDecember 31, 1999
Highest split-adjusted share price$52.00December 31, 1999
Last share price$3.00July 31, 2002
From its split-adjusted high to the end-94.2%
Return over the days in our data-86.7%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-68.7%April 20, 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 1999. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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