Hindsight Market

The Graveyard › 1998

SPS Transaction Services Inc

PAY · Software & Services · NYSE · in our data February 26, 1992 to October 16, 1998 (6.6 years)

The first trading day in our data for SPS Transaction Services Inc is February 26, 1992 (its first day in our records, which may be later than its listing and is not its founding). At its peak, on June 26, 1995, the market valued it at $961 million. It left the market when it was bought or merged, last trading at $31.94, -10.0% from its split-adjusted high. Holders got whatever the deal paid, which is not in our price data.

1992-021998-10
Peak market value$961 millionJune 26, 1995
Highest split-adjusted share price$35.50June 26, 1995
Last share price$31.94October 16, 1998
From its split-adjusted high to the end-10.0%
Return over the days in our data+267.6%with dividends, before the last trade
Worst single day-28.4%June 21, 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 1992.

Play today's Daily Drop

Also gone in 1998: Software & Services