Best Investments Since 2012: What $1,000 Became Today
Of 74 stocks, funds and cryptos, $1,000 in Bitcoin at the start of 2012 did best: it would be worth $15,848,537 today (15849x). The weakest was Nike at $1,816. 36 of 74 beat the S&P 500 ($7,972).
$1,000 at the start of 2012, worth today
Stocks and the S&P 500 row include reinvested dividends.
| # | Investment | Worth today | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bitcoin | $15,848,537 | 15849x |
| 2 | NVIDIA | $712,656 | 713x |
| 3 | Tesla | $188,663 | 189x |
| 4 | Broadcom | $172,715 | 173x |
| 5 | AMD | $110,828 | 111x |
| 6 | Netflix | $68,180 | 68.2x |
| 7 | TSMC | $50,851 | 50.9x |
| 8 | ASML | $45,580 | 45.6x |
| 9 | Palo Alto Networks | $43,753 | 43.8x |
| 10 | Eli Lilly | $38,955 | 39.0x |
| 11 | Amazon | $27,610 | 27.6x |
| 12 | Apple | $26,788 | 26.8x |
| 13 | ServiceNow | $26,421 | 26.4x |
| 14 | Super Micro Computer | $26,044 | 26.0x |
| 15 | Microsoft | $24,400 | 24.4x |
| 16 | $20,512 | 20.5x | |
| 17 | Meta | $19,182 | 19.2x |
| 18 | Vanguard Tech ETF (VGT) | $18,365 | 18.4x |
| 19 | Morgan Stanley | $16,955 | 17.0x |
| 20 | Mastercard | $16,675 | 16.7x |
| 21 | Visa | $15,849 | 15.8x |
| 22 | Costco | $15,090 | 15.1x |
| 23 | Nasdaq-100 ETF (QQQ) | $14,703 | 14.7x |
| 24 | Texas Instruments | $14,107 | 14.1x |
| 25 | JPMorgan | $14,080 | 14.1x |
| 26 | MicroStrategy | $13,815 | 13.8x |
| 27 | Goldman Sachs | $12,618 | 12.6x |
| 28 | Caterpillar | $12,610 | 12.6x |
| 29 | Bank of America | $12,321 | 12.3x |
| 30 | Home Depot | $9,667 | 9.67x |
| 31 | Lowe's | $9,611 | 9.61x |
| 32 | UnitedHealth | $9,247 | 9.25x |
| 33 | Salesforce | $9,090 | 9.09x |
| 34 | Cisco | $8,842 | 8.84x |
| 35 | Booking Holdings | $8,554 | 8.55x |
| 36 | Adobe | $8,132 | 8.13x |
| 37 | S&P 500 (index fund) | $7,972 | 7.97x |
| 38 | Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) | $7,779 | 7.78x |
| 39 | S&P 500 ETF (SPY) | $7,737 | 7.74x |
| 40 | Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) | $7,406 | 7.41x |
| 41 | Walmart | $7,099 | 7.10x |
| 42 | Sony | $7,071 | 7.07x |
| 43 | Intel | $6,844 | 6.84x |
| 44 | Oracle | $6,582 | 6.58x |
| 45 | Merck | $6,530 | 6.53x |
| 46 | Berkshire Hathaway | $6,473 | 6.47x |
| 47 | Citigroup | $6,315 | 6.32x |
| 48 | Johnson & Johnson | $6,147 | 6.15x |
| 49 | Schwab Dividend ETF (SCHD) | $5,971 | 5.97x |
| 50 | GameStop | $5,871 | 5.87x |
| 51 | Intuit | $5,787 | 5.79x |
| 52 | Dow Jones ETF (DIA) | $5,616 | 5.62x |
| 53 | Starbucks | $5,591 | 5.59x |
| 54 | General Motors | $5,164 | 5.16x |
| 55 | Qualcomm | $4,929 | 4.93x |
| 56 | Target | $4,703 | 4.70x |
| 57 | Chipotle | $4,698 | 4.70x |
| 58 | Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) | $4,533 | 4.53x |
| 59 | Wells Fargo | $4,263 | 4.26x |
| 60 | Coca-Cola | $3,894 | 3.89x |
| 61 | McDonald's | $3,512 | 3.51x |
| 62 | Procter & Gamble | $3,391 | 3.39x |
| 63 | Chevron | $3,370 | 3.37x |
| 64 | ExxonMobil | $3,325 | 3.32x |
| 65 | Disney | $3,159 | 3.16x |
| 66 | Boeing | $3,089 | 3.09x |
| 67 | PepsiCo | $3,034 | 3.03x |
| 68 | Gold | $2,683 | 2.68x |
| 69 | Comcast | $2,636 | 2.64x |
| 70 | Pfizer | $2,557 | 2.56x |
| 71 | Verizon | $2,467 | 2.47x |
| 72 | Gold ETF (GLD) | $2,453 | 2.45x |
| 73 | Ford | $2,227 | 2.23x |
| 74 | IBM | $2,121 | 2.12x |
| 75 | Lululemon | $2,059 | 2.06x |
| 76 | Nike | $1,816 | 1.82x |
During 2012 alone
- 1Bitcoin+152%
- 2Bank of America+108%
- 3Salesforce+69%
- 4Comcast+60%
- 5Lululemon+57%
- 6Home Depot+54%
- 7Visa+52%
- 8Citigroup+46%
- 9ASML+46%
- 10Lowe's+45%
- 11Amazon+44%
- 12TSMC+41%
- 13Goldman Sachs+40%
- 14Mastercard+39%
- 15General Motors+38%
- 16Oracle+36%
- 17Disney+35%
- 18Apple+35%
- 19Adobe+34%
- 20JPMorgan+32%
- 21Booking Holdings+32%
- 22Costco+30%
- 23Netflix+27%
- 24Wells Fargo+27%
- 25Tesla+26%
- 26Eli Lilly+24%
- 27Morgan Stanley+24%
- 28Starbucks+23%
- 29ServiceNow+23%
- 30Pfizer+23%
- 31Ford+21%
- 32Berkshire Hathaway+20%
- 33Nasdaq-100 ETF (QQQ)+20%
- 34Intuit+19%
- 35Qualcomm+19%
- 36Russell 2000 ETF (IWM)+18%
- 37Total Stock Market ETF (VTI)+18%
- 38Target+18%
- 39Walmart+18%
- 40Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)+17%
- 41S&P 500 ETF (SPY)+17%
- 42Verizon+17%
- 43S&P 500 (index fund)+16%
- 44Vanguard Tech ETF (VGT)+16%
- 45Broadcom+14%
- 46Schwab Dividend ETF (SCHD)+13%
- 47Merck+12%
- 48GameStop+12%
- 49Cisco+12%
- 50Johnson & Johnson+12%
- 51Texas Instruments+11%
- 52Dow Jones ETF (DIA)+11%
- 53Coca-Cola+10%
- 54Google+8.7%
- 55Nike+8.7%
- 56PepsiCo+7.7%
- 57UnitedHealth+7.5%
- 58Procter & Gamble+7.3%
- 59IBM+7.2%
- 60Gold+7%
- 61Boeing+6.3%
- 62Microsoft+6.1%
- 63ExxonMobil+5.8%
- 64Gold ETF (GLD)+4.6%
- 65Chevron+3.4%
- 66Caterpillar+2.2%
- 67Palo Alto Networks−3.6%
- 68McDonald's−5.9%
- 69NVIDIA−9.4%
- 70Intel−9.8%
- 71Chipotle−12%
- 72MicroStrategy−14%
- 73Meta−27%
- 74Super Micro Computer−34%
- 75Sony−36%
- 76AMD−54%
Start-of-year prices; current prices refresh hourly. Past performance does not predict future returns. Not financial advice.