What if I had invested $1,000 in First Data in 1992?

$1,000 in First Data in 1992

$1,000 put into First Data (FDC) on April 9, 1992, its first trading day of 1992 in our data, was worth $11,748 on September 24, 2007, its last trading day, with dividends counted. Over the same days to September 24, 2007, $1,000 in the whole US stock market became $5,074.

$1,000 became$11,748by September 24, 2007

Total return12 timesthe money put in, dividends counted

A year, on average+17.3%over 15.5 years

The whole US market$5,074same days to September 24, 2007, dividends counted

The S&P 500 index$3,788price only, no dividends

First Data no longer trades. Its last trading day was September 24, 2007; the delisting record says: merged or acquired. The figure above is what the shares were worth at the last trade. What holders received after that (a merger payout, or nothing in a bankruptcy) is not in our price data.

Bought at the close on April 9, 1992, dividends put back in, no costs and no tax. Dividends are counted to the end of 2024; from 2025 on our prices are adjusted for splits only, so dividends paid since then are left out. The stock figure counts dividends; the S&P 500 index figure does not, so compare the stock with the whole-market figure. The market figure is the Fama-French US market return (Kenneth R. French data library), which runs to July 31, 2026. Our stock prices run to September 23, 2026.

Another stock, another year

First Data in: 1993 · 1994 · 1995 · 1996 · 1997 · 1998 · 1999 · 2000 · 2001 · 2002 · 2003 · 2004 · 2005 · 2006 · 2007

Also in 1992

Apple Inc. · $1,000 became $787,597
Microsoft · $1,000 became $341,783
Micron Technology · $1,000 became $753,296
Lilly (Eli) · $1,000 became $134,728
Walmart · $1,000 became $36,548
Jpmorgan Chase & Co · $1,000 became $113,707
Advanced Micro Devices · $1,000 became $68,788
Oracle Corporation · $1,000 became $485,908

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History, not advice. How these numbers are made.