Best Investments Since 2011: What $1,000 Became Today
Of 71 stocks, funds and cryptos, $1,000 in Bitcoin at the start of 2011 did best: it would be worth $278,405,967 today (278406x). The weakest was Ford at $1,437. 30 of 71 beat the S&P 500 ($8,140).
$1,000 at the start of 2011, worth today
Stocks and the S&P 500 row include reinvested dividends.
| # | Investment | Worth today | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bitcoin | $278,405,967 | 278406x |
| 2 | NVIDIA | $633,472 | 633x |
| 3 | Tesla | $199,322 | 199x |
| 4 | Broadcom | $182,108 | 182x |
| 5 | AMD | $71,705 | 71.7x |
| 6 | TSMC | $55,816 | 55.8x |
| 7 | ASML | $50,441 | 50.4x |
| 8 | Eli Lilly | $49,093 | 49.1x |
| 9 | Super Micro Computer | $34,580 | 34.6x |
| 10 | Apple | $33,431 | 33.4x |
| 11 | Mastercard | $27,876 | 27.9x |
| 12 | Netflix | $27,539 | 27.5x |
| 13 | Amazon | $26,831 | 26.8x |
| 14 | Microsoft | $23,954 | 24.0x |
| 15 | Visa | $23,325 | 23.3x |
| 16 | $22,585 | 22.6x | |
| 17 | Vanguard Tech ETF (VGT) | $18,513 | 18.5x |
| 18 | Costco | $17,823 | 17.8x |
| 19 | MicroStrategy | $17,400 | 17.4x |
| 20 | Nasdaq-100 ETF (QQQ) | $15,268 | 15.3x |
| 21 | Texas Instruments | $13,050 | 13.0x |
| 22 | UnitedHealth | $12,991 | 13.0x |
| 23 | Caterpillar | $12,823 | 12.8x |
| 24 | Home Depot | $11,880 | 11.9x |
| 25 | JPMorgan | $11,547 | 11.5x |
| 26 | Booking Holdings | $9,980 | 9.98x |
| 27 | Lowe's | $9,958 | 9.96x |
| 28 | Morgan Stanley | $9,741 | 9.74x |
| 29 | Intel | $8,338 | 8.34x |
| 30 | Cisco | $8,156 | 8.16x |
| 31 | S&P 500 (index fund) | $8,140 | 8.14x |
| 32 | Walmart | $8,069 | 8.07x |
| 33 | Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) | $7,968 | 7.97x |
| 34 | S&P 500 ETF (SPY) | $7,927 | 7.93x |
| 35 | Starbucks | $7,731 | 7.73x |
| 36 | Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) | $7,505 | 7.51x |
| 37 | Adobe | $7,425 | 7.43x |
| 38 | Merck | $7,269 | 7.27x |
| 39 | Chipotle | $7,169 | 7.17x |
| 40 | Goldman Sachs | $7,034 | 7.03x |
| 41 | Salesforce | $6,735 | 6.74x |
| 42 | Johnson & Johnson | $6,680 | 6.68x |
| 43 | Schwab Dividend ETF (SCHD) | $6,346 | 6.35x |
| 44 | Berkshire Hathaway | $6,253 | 6.25x |
| 45 | Dow Jones ETF (DIA) | $6,116 | 6.12x |
| 46 | Intuit | $6,113 | 6.11x |
| 47 | GameStop | $6,097 | 6.10x |
| 48 | Qualcomm | $5,514 | 5.51x |
| 49 | Oracle | $5,422 | 5.42x |
| 50 | Bank of America | $5,062 | 5.06x |
| 51 | McDonald's | $4,668 | 4.67x |
| 52 | Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) | $4,329 | 4.33x |
| 53 | Coca-Cola | $4,309 | 4.31x |
| 54 | Chevron | $4,173 | 4.17x |
| 55 | Target | $4,042 | 4.04x |
| 56 | ExxonMobil | $3,926 | 3.93x |
| 57 | Wells Fargo | $3,904 | 3.90x |
| 58 | Citigroup | $3,655 | 3.65x |
| 59 | Sony | $3,622 | 3.62x |
| 60 | Procter & Gamble | $3,612 | 3.61x |
| 61 | Boeing | $3,538 | 3.54x |
| 62 | Pfizer | $3,311 | 3.31x |
| 63 | Disney | $3,253 | 3.25x |
| 64 | PepsiCo | $3,160 | 3.16x |
| 65 | Gold | $2,957 | 2.96x |
| 66 | Comcast | $2,943 | 2.94x |
| 67 | General Motors | $2,933 | 2.93x |
| 68 | Verizon | $2,837 | 2.84x |
| 69 | Gold ETF (GLD) | $2,772 | 2.77x |
| 70 | IBM | $2,725 | 2.72x |
| 71 | Lululemon | $2,705 | 2.71x |
| 72 | Nike | $2,072 | 2.07x |
| 73 | Ford | $1,437 | 1.44x |
During 2011 alone
- 1Bitcoin+1,657%
- 2Mastercard+67%
- 3Chipotle+53%
- 4Visa+47%
- 5UnitedHealth+40%
- 6Starbucks+38%
- 7McDonald's+33%
- 8Super Micro Computer+33%
- 9Lululemon+31%
- 10Pfizer+29%
- 11IBM+28%
- 12Eli Lilly+26%
- 13MicroStrategy+26%
- 14Apple+25%
- 15Chevron+24%
- 16Home Depot+23%
- 17Intel+22%
- 18Costco+18%
- 19ExxonMobil+18%
- 20Booking Holdings+17%
- 21Verizon+15%
- 22Boeing+15%
- 23Nike+14%
- 24Walmart+14%
- 25Gold ETF (GLD)+13%
- 26Qualcomm+12%
- 27Comcast+12%
- 28Merck+11%
- 29ASML+11%
- 30Coca-Cola+11%
- 31Gold+10%
- 32Google+10%
- 33TSMC+9.8%
- 34Dow Jones ETF (DIA)+8.9%
- 35Johnson & Johnson+8.7%
- 36Procter & Gamble+6.5%
- 37Schwab Dividend ETF (SCHD)+6.3%
- 38Tesla+5.6%
- 39Intuit+5.6%
- 40Broadcom+5.4%
- 41PepsiCo+4.2%
- 42Nasdaq-100 ETF (QQQ)+3.8%
- 43GameStop+3.8%
- 44Lowe's+3.6%
- 45Disney+3%
- 46S&P 500 ETF (SPY)+2.5%
- 47Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)+2.4%
- 48S&P 500 (index fund)+2.1%
- 49Caterpillar+1.7%
- 50Total Stock Market ETF (VTI)+1.3%
- 51Vanguard Tech ETF (VGT)+0.8%
- 52Microsoft−1.8%
- 53Amazon−2.8%
- 54Berkshire Hathaway−3.4%
- 55Russell 2000 ETF (IWM)−4.5%
- 56Texas Instruments−7.5%
- 57Cisco−7.8%
- 58Wells Fargo−8.4%
- 59Adobe−8.7%
- 60NVIDIA−11%
- 61Target−14%
- 62Oracle−18%
- 63JPMorgan−18%
- 64Salesforce−26%
- 65AMD−35%
- 66Ford−35%
- 67Citigroup−42%
- 68Morgan Stanley−43%
- 69General Motors−43%
- 70Goldman Sachs−44%
- 71Sony−49%
- 72Bank of America−59%
- 73Netflix−60%
Start-of-year prices; current prices refresh hourly. Past performance does not predict future returns. Not financial advice.