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Sperry

SY · Unknown · NYSE · in our data January 2, 1968 to September 16, 1986 (18.7 years)

Our price history begins on January 2, 1968, and Sperry was already trading then; how long before that, our data does not say. At its peak, on September 10, 1986, the market valued it at $4.5 billion. It left the market without a crash, last trading at $75.75. Our data does not say why it stopped trading. Many companies end this way when they are bought, merged or taken private.

1968-011986-09
Peak market value$4.5 billionSeptember 10, 1986
Highest split-adjusted share price$76.75September 10, 1986
Last share price$75.75September 16, 1986
From its split-adjusted high to the end-1.3%
Return over the days in our data+103.4%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-13.8%July 22, 1969

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 1968.

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Also gone in 1986: Unknown