Best Investments Since 2013: What $1,000 Became Today
Of 76 stocks, funds and cryptos, $1,000 in Bitcoin at the start of 2013 did best: it would be worth $6,279,834 today (6280x). The weakest was AMC Entertainment at $22.44. 33 of 76 beat the S&P 500 ($6,872).
$1,000 at the start of 2013, worth today
Stocks and the S&P 500 row include reinvested dividends.
| # | Investment | Worth today | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bitcoin | $6,279,834 | 6280x |
| 2 | NVIDIA | $786,379 | 786x |
| 3 | AMD | $240,055 | 240x |
| 4 | Broadcom | $151,013 | 151x |
| 5 | Tesla | $149,492 | 149x |
| 6 | Netflix | $53,607 | 53.6x |
| 7 | Palo Alto Networks | $45,376 | 45.4x |
| 8 | Super Micro Computer | $39,190 | 39.2x |
| 9 | TSMC | $35,945 | 35.9x |
| 10 | Eli Lilly | $31,414 | 31.4x |
| 11 | ASML | $31,285 | 31.3x |
| 12 | Meta | $26,369 | 26.4x |
| 13 | Microsoft | $22,995 | 23.0x |
| 14 | ServiceNow | $21,522 | 21.5x |
| 15 | Apple | $19,886 | 19.9x |
| 16 | Amazon | $19,200 | 19.2x |
| 17 | $18,871 | 18.9x | |
| 18 | MicroStrategy | $16,102 | 16.1x |
| 19 | Vanguard Tech ETF (VGT) | $15,853 | 15.9x |
| 20 | Morgan Stanley | $13,721 | 13.7x |
| 21 | AbbVie | $12,911 | 12.9x |
| 22 | Texas Instruments | $12,686 | 12.7x |
| 23 | Caterpillar | $12,340 | 12.3x |
| 24 | Nasdaq-100 ETF (QQQ) | $12,298 | 12.3x |
| 25 | Mastercard | $12,009 | 12.0x |
| 26 | Costco | $11,613 | 11.6x |
| 27 | Sony | $11,047 | 11.0x |
| 28 | JPMorgan | $10,638 | 10.6x |
| 29 | Visa | $10,421 | 10.4x |
| 30 | Goldman Sachs | $8,991 | 8.99x |
| 31 | UnitedHealth | $8,604 | 8.60x |
| 32 | Cisco | $7,915 | 7.92x |
| 33 | Intel | $7,591 | 7.59x |
| 34 | S&P 500 (index fund) | $6,872 | 6.87x |
| 35 | Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) | $6,641 | 6.64x |
| 36 | Lowe's | $6,635 | 6.63x |
| 37 | S&P 500 ETF (SPY) | $6,607 | 6.61x |
| 38 | Booking Holdings | $6,503 | 6.50x |
| 39 | Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) | $6,290 | 6.29x |
| 40 | Home Depot | $6,279 | 6.28x |
| 41 | Adobe | $6,060 | 6.06x |
| 42 | Walmart | $6,037 | 6.04x |
| 43 | Bank of America | $5,912 | 5.91x |
| 44 | Merck | $5,808 | 5.81x |
| 45 | Johnson & Johnson | $5,512 | 5.51x |
| 46 | Berkshire Hathaway | $5,395 | 5.39x |
| 47 | Salesforce | $5,375 | 5.38x |
| 48 | Chipotle | $5,325 | 5.33x |
| 49 | Schwab Dividend ETF (SCHD) | $5,296 | 5.30x |
| 50 | GameStop | $5,245 | 5.24x |
| 51 | Dow Jones ETF (DIA) | $5,059 | 5.06x |
| 52 | Intuit | $4,848 | 4.85x |
| 53 | Oracle | $4,839 | 4.84x |
| 54 | Starbucks | $4,537 | 4.54x |
| 55 | Citigroup | $4,332 | 4.33x |
| 56 | Qualcomm | $4,142 | 4.14x |
| 57 | Target | $3,996 | 4.00x |
| 58 | Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) | $3,836 | 3.84x |
| 59 | McDonald's | $3,731 | 3.73x |
| 60 | General Motors | $3,731 | 3.73x |
| 61 | Coca-Cola | $3,533 | 3.53x |
| 62 | Wells Fargo | $3,367 | 3.37x |
| 63 | Chevron | $3,259 | 3.26x |
| 64 | Procter & Gamble | $3,159 | 3.16x |
| 65 | ExxonMobil | $3,143 | 3.14x |
| 66 | Boeing | $2,905 | 2.91x |
| 67 | PepsiCo | $2,817 | 2.82x |
| 68 | Gold | $2,508 | 2.51x |
| 69 | Gold ETF (GLD) | $2,344 | 2.34x |
| 70 | Disney | $2,332 | 2.33x |
| 71 | Verizon | $2,110 | 2.11x |
| 72 | Pfizer | $2,086 | 2.09x |
| 73 | IBM | $1,979 | 1.98x |
| 74 | Ford | $1,843 | 1.84x |
| 75 | Nike | $1,671 | 1.67x |
| 76 | Comcast | $1,644 | 1.64x |
| 77 | Lululemon | $1,308 | 1.31x |
| 78 | AMC Entertainment | $22.44 | 0.02x |
During 2013 alone
- 1Bitcoin+5,689%
- 2Tesla+324%
- 3Netflix+295%
- 4GameStop+99%
- 5Meta+95%
- 6ServiceNow+84%
- 7Boeing+81%
- 8Booking Holdings+79%
- 9Chipotle+74%
- 10Broadcom+65%
- 11Mastercard+64%
- 12Morgan Stanley+59%
- 13Super Micro Computer+57%
- 14AMD+56%
- 15Adobe+55%
- 16Amazon+55%
- 17Google+54%
- 18AbbVie+54%
- 19Nike+53%
- 20Sony+51%
- 21Disney+51%
- 22Visa+43%
- 23Starbucks+42%
- 24General Motors+41%
- 25ASML+40%
- 26UnitedHealth+39%
- 27Lowe's+39%
- 28Microsoft+39%
- 29Texas Instruments+37%
- 30Goldman Sachs+36%
- 31Comcast+36%
- 32Bank of America+34%
- 33JPMorgan+34%
- 34Russell 2000 ETF (IWM)+33%
- 35S&P 500 (index fund)+32%
- 36Johnson & Johnson+32%
- 37Wells Fargo+32%
- 38Home Depot+32%
- 39Nasdaq-100 ETF (QQQ)+31%
- 40MicroStrategy+29%
- 41Total Stock Market ETF (VTI)+29%
- 42Schwab Dividend ETF (SCHD)+29%
- 43Salesforce+28%
- 44Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)+28%
- 45S&P 500 ETF (SPY)+28%
- 46NVIDIA+28%
- 47Citigroup+27%
- 48Berkshire Hathaway+26%
- 49Vanguard Tech ETF (VGT)+26%
- 50Dow Jones ETF (DIA)+26%
- 51Intel+25%
- 52Merck+24%
- 53Intuit+24%
- 54PepsiCo+22%
- 55Pfizer+21%
- 56Ford+20%
- 57Procter & Gamble+20%
- 58Costco+17%
- 59Walmart+17%
- 60Chevron+16%
- 61Verizon+16%
- 62ExxonMobil+16%
- 63Qualcomm+15%
- 64Cisco+11%
- 65Coca-Cola+11%
- 66McDonald's+10%
- 67Target+10%
- 68Oracle+9.9%
- 69Palo Alto Networks+8.6%
- 70AMC Entertainment+6.8%
- 71Eli Lilly+6.3%
- 72Apple+3.3%
- 73Caterpillar−1.9%
- 74TSMC−2.7%
- 75IBM−3.7%
- 76Lululemon−21%
- 77Gold ETF (GLD)−28%
- 78Gold−28%
Start-of-year prices; current prices refresh hourly. Past performance does not predict future returns. Not financial advice.