Best Investments Since 2015: What $1,000 Became Today
Of 82 stocks, funds and cryptos, $1,000 in Dogecoin at the start of 2015 did best: it would be worth $522,500 today (522x). The weakest was AMC Entertainment at $16.14. 36 of 82 beat the S&P 500 ($4,566).
$1,000 at the start of 2015, worth today
Stocks and the S&P 500 row include reinvested dividends.
| # | Investment | Worth today | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dogecoin | $522,500 | 522x |
| 2 | NVIDIA | $475,104 | 475x |
| 3 | Bitcoin | $265,993 | 266x |
| 4 | AMD | $227,468 | 227x |
| 5 | Shopify | $86,818 | 86.8x |
| 6 | Broadcom | $47,297 | 47.3x |
| 7 | TSMC | $27,797 | 27.8x |
| 8 | Litecoin | $24,829 | 24.8x |
| 9 | Tesla | $24,131 | 24.1x |
| 10 | Eli Lilly | $20,710 | 20.7x |
| 11 | Palo Alto Networks | $19,142 | 19.1x |
| 12 | ASML | $19,080 | 19.1x |
| 13 | Amazon | $16,015 | 16.0x |
| 14 | Netflix | $14,101 | 14.1x |
| 15 | Apple | $13,626 | 13.6x |
| 16 | $12,992 | 13.0x | |
| 17 | Microsoft | $12,834 | 12.8x |
| 18 | Caterpillar | $11,985 | 12.0x |
| 19 | Super Micro Computer | $11,849 | 11.8x |
| 20 | Vanguard Tech ETF (VGT) | $10,721 | 10.7x |
| 21 | ServiceNow | $9,643 | 9.64x |
| 22 | MicroStrategy | $9,427 | 9.43x |
| 23 | Meta | $9,412 | 9.41x |
| 24 | Costco | $8,139 | 8.14x |
| 25 | Nasdaq-100 ETF (QQQ) | $7,815 | 7.82x |
| 26 | Texas Instruments | $7,249 | 7.25x |
| 27 | JPMorgan | $7,205 | 7.20x |
| 28 | Mastercard | $7,085 | 7.09x |
| 29 | Morgan Stanley | $6,824 | 6.82x |
| 30 | AbbVie | $6,411 | 6.41x |
| 31 | Sony | $6,052 | 6.05x |
| 32 | Visa | $6,018 | 6.02x |
| 33 | Goldman Sachs | $5,932 | 5.93x |
| 34 | Cisco | $5,487 | 5.49x |
| 35 | ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) | $4,901 | 4.90x |
| 36 | Walmart | $4,634 | 4.63x |
| 37 | S&P 500 (index fund) | $4,566 | 4.57x |
| 38 | Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) | $4,552 | 4.55x |
| 39 | S&P 500 ETF (SPY) | $4,516 | 4.52x |
| 40 | UnitedHealth | $4,509 | 4.51x |
| 41 | Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) | $4,297 | 4.30x |
| 42 | Intel | $4,160 | 4.16x |
| 43 | Bank of America | $3,932 | 3.93x |
| 44 | Merck | $3,926 | 3.93x |
| 45 | Salesforce | $3,883 | 3.88x |
| 46 | GameStop | $3,738 | 3.74x |
| 47 | Oracle | $3,713 | 3.71x |
| 48 | Home Depot | $3,696 | 3.70x |
| 49 | Schwab Dividend ETF (SCHD) | $3,649 | 3.65x |
| 50 | Dow Jones ETF (DIA) | $3,643 | 3.64x |
| 51 | Booking Holdings | $3,635 | 3.63x |
| 52 | Gold | $3,548 | 3.55x |
| 53 | Johnson & Johnson | $3,528 | 3.53x |
| 54 | Qualcomm | $3,467 | 3.47x |
| 55 | Lowe's | $3,432 | 3.43x |
| 56 | McDonald's | $3,376 | 3.38x |
| 57 | Berkshire Hathaway | $3,371 | 3.37x |
| 58 | Gold ETF (GLD) | $3,353 | 3.35x |
| 59 | Citigroup | $3,288 | 3.29x |
| 60 | Intuit | $3,223 | 3.22x |
| 61 | Adobe | $3,212 | 3.21x |
| 62 | General Motors | $3,013 | 3.01x |
| 63 | Chevron | $2,988 | 2.99x |
| 64 | Starbucks | $2,978 | 2.98x |
| 65 | Coca-Cola | $2,975 | 2.97x |
| 66 | Target | $2,953 | 2.95x |
| 67 | ExxonMobil | $2,843 | 2.84x |
| 68 | Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) | $2,726 | 2.73x |
| 69 | Chipotle | $2,363 | 2.36x |
| 70 | IBM | $2,297 | 2.30x |
| 71 | Procter & Gamble | $2,279 | 2.28x |
| 72 | Wells Fargo | $2,039 | 2.04x |
| 73 | PepsiCo | $1,955 | 1.95x |
| 74 | Verizon | $1,824 | 1.82x |
| 75 | Lululemon | $1,750 | 1.75x |
| 76 | Boeing | $1,651 | 1.65x |
| 77 | Pfizer | $1,613 | 1.61x |
| 78 | Ford | $1,495 | 1.49x |
| 79 | PayPal | $1,484 | 1.48x |
| 80 | Disney | $1,240 | 1.24x |
| 81 | Alibaba | $1,107 | 1.11x |
| 82 | Comcast | $1,071 | 1.07x |
| 83 | Nike | $888.14 | 0.89x |
| 84 | AMC Entertainment | $16.14 | 0.02x |
During 2015 alone
- 1Netflix+121%
- 2Amazon+106%
- 3NVIDIA+65%
- 4Shopify+51%
- 5Starbucks+45%
- 6Broadcom+44%
- 7Google+42%
- 8Palo Alto Networks+41%
- 9Bitcoin+38%
- 10Nike+31%
- 11McDonald's+30%
- 12Meta+30%
- 13Salesforce+29%
- 14Home Depot+29%
- 15Litecoin+28%
- 16Adobe+27%
- 17ServiceNow+25%
- 18Eli Lilly+21%
- 19Sony+21%
- 20Microsoft+20%
- 21Costco+18%
- 22UnitedHealth+17%
- 23Visa+15%
- 24Lowe's+13%
- 25Mastercard+11%
- 26Disney+11%
- 27Boeing+11%
- 28Booking Holdings+9.1%
- 29PepsiCo+7.6%
- 30Nasdaq-100 ETF (QQQ)+7.5%
- 31Pfizer+5.4%
- 32MicroStrategy+4.9%
- 33Intuit+4.6%
- 34JPMorgan+4.6%
- 35Texas Instruments+4.3%
- 36Coca-Cola+3.9%
- 37AMD+3.7%
- 38Vanguard Tech ETF (VGT)+3.7%
- 39Verizon+2.5%
- 40TSMC+2.3%
- 41Tesla+1.8%
- 42ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK)+1.4%
- 43S&P 500 (index fund)+1.4%
- 44Lululemon+0.9%
- 45Target+0.5%
- 46Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)−0.1%
- 47S&P 500 ETF (SPY)−0.1%
- 48General Motors−0.4%
- 49Wells Fargo−0.7%
- 50Comcast−0.9%
- 51Johnson & Johnson−1%
- 52Total Stock Market ETF (VTI)−1.1%
- 53Cisco−1.3%
- 54Schwab Dividend ETF (SCHD)−1.3%
- 55Dow Jones ETF (DIA)−1.5%
- 56Apple−2%
- 57Intel−3.7%
- 58Merck−5.2%
- 59PayPal−5.3%
- 60Ford−5.4%
- 61Citigroup−5.5%
- 62Russell 2000 ETF (IWM)−6.2%
- 63AMC Entertainment−7%
- 64Bank of America−7.1%
- 65Goldman Sachs−7.7%
- 66AbbVie−9.7%
- 67Gold ETF (GLD)−9.8%
- 68Gold−10%
- 69Procter & Gamble−11%
- 70Berkshire Hathaway−12%
- 71GameStop−13%
- 72IBM−13%
- 73ExxonMobil−14%
- 74Morgan Stanley−17%
- 75Chevron−17%
- 76Oracle−18%
- 77ASML−18%
- 78Dogecoin−22%
- 79Caterpillar−23%
- 80Alibaba−26%
- 81Walmart−26%
- 82Qualcomm−30%
- 83Super Micro Computer−32%
- 84Chipotle−34%
Start-of-year prices; current prices refresh hourly. Past performance does not predict future returns. Not financial advice.