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ServiceMaster

SVM · Software & Services · NYSE · in our data December 14, 1972 to July 24, 2007 (34.6 years)

Our price history begins on December 14, 1972, and ServiceMaster was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on June 30, 1998, the market valued it at $7.4 billion. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $15.58, -17.2% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1972-122007-07
Peak market value$7.4 billionJune 30, 1998
Highest split-adjusted share price$18.82June 30, 1998
Last share price$15.58July 24, 2007
From its split-adjusted high to the end-17.2%
Return over the days in our data+14350.5%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-20.0%May 21, 1973

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 1972. How these numbers are made · Report a data issue.

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Also gone in 2007: Software & Services