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Southern Pacific Rail

RSP · Railroads · NYSE · in our data August 10, 1993 to September 11, 1996 (3.1 years)

The first trading day in our data for Southern Pacific Rail is August 10, 1993 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on August 21, 1996, the market valued it at $4.5 billion. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $25.00. Our data does not say why it stopped trading. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1993-081996-09

Peak market value$4.5 billionAugust 21, 1996

Highest split-adjusted share price$28.62August 21, 1996

Last share price$25.00September 11, 1996

From its split-adjusted high to the end-12.7%

Return over the days in our data+65.3%with dividends, before the last trade

Worst single day-11.9%September 10, 1996

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 1993.

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