Best Investments Since 2016: What $1,000 Became Today
Of 85 stocks, funds and cryptos, $1,000 in Ethereum at the start of 2016 did best: it would be worth $2,898,570 today (2899x). The weakest was AMC Entertainment at $17.36. 42 of 85 beat the S&P 500 ($4,503).
$1,000 at the start of 2016, worth today
Stocks and the S&P 500 row include reinvested dividends.
| # | Investment | Worth today | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ethereum | $2,898,570 | 2899x |
| 2 | Dogecoin | $671,786 | 672x |
| 3 | NVIDIA | $288,671 | 289x |
| 4 | XRP | $249,733 | 250x |
| 5 | AMD | $219,256 | 219x |
| 6 | Bitcoin | $192,447 | 192x |
| 7 | Shopify | $57,383 | 57.4x |
| 8 | Broadcom | $32,867 | 32.9x |
| 9 | TSMC | $27,172 | 27.2x |
| 10 | Tesla | $23,694 | 23.7x |
| 11 | ASML | $23,298 | 23.3x |
| 12 | Litecoin | $19,439 | 19.4x |
| 13 | Super Micro Computer | $17,400 | 17.4x |
| 14 | Eli Lilly | $17,055 | 17.1x |
| 15 | Caterpillar | $15,614 | 15.6x |
| 16 | Apple | $13,907 | 13.9x |
| 17 | Palo Alto Networks | $13,551 | 13.6x |
| 18 | Microsoft | $10,660 | 10.7x |
| 19 | Vanguard Tech ETF (VGT) | $10,340 | 10.3x |
| 20 | $9,164 | 9.16x | |
| 21 | MicroStrategy | $8,987 | 8.99x |
| 22 | Morgan Stanley | $8,263 | 8.26x |
| 23 | Amazon | $7,759 | 7.76x |
| 24 | ServiceNow | $7,733 | 7.73x |
| 25 | Nasdaq-100 ETF (QQQ) | $7,273 | 7.27x |
| 26 | Meta | $7,224 | 7.22x |
| 27 | AbbVie | $7,100 | 7.10x |
| 28 | Texas Instruments | $6,953 | 6.95x |
| 29 | Costco | $6,920 | 6.92x |
| 30 | JPMorgan | $6,888 | 6.89x |
| 31 | Goldman Sachs | $6,425 | 6.43x |
| 32 | Netflix | $6,384 | 6.38x |
| 33 | Mastercard | $6,357 | 6.36x |
| 34 | Walmart | $6,300 | 6.30x |
| 35 | Cisco | $5,561 | 5.56x |
| 36 | Visa | $5,230 | 5.23x |
| 37 | Sony | $5,016 | 5.02x |
| 38 | Qualcomm | $4,982 | 4.98x |
| 39 | ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) | $4,832 | 4.83x |
| 40 | Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) | $4,556 | 4.56x |
| 41 | S&P 500 ETF (SPY) | $4,522 | 4.52x |
| 42 | Oracle | $4,521 | 4.52x |
| 43 | S&P 500 (index fund) | $4,503 | 4.50x |
| 44 | Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) | $4,344 | 4.34x |
| 45 | Intel | $4,321 | 4.32x |
| 46 | GameStop | $4,304 | 4.30x |
| 47 | Bank of America | $4,232 | 4.23x |
| 48 | Merck | $4,141 | 4.14x |
| 49 | The Trade Desk | $4,118 | 4.12x |
| 50 | Gold | $3,956 | 3.96x |
| 51 | Berkshire Hathaway | $3,845 | 3.85x |
| 52 | UnitedHealth | $3,839 | 3.84x |
| 53 | Gold ETF (GLD) | $3,717 | 3.72x |
| 54 | Schwab Dividend ETF (SCHD) | $3,698 | 3.70x |
| 55 | Dow Jones ETF (DIA) | $3,698 | 3.70x |
| 56 | Chevron | $3,621 | 3.62x |
| 57 | Chipotle | $3,572 | 3.57x |
| 58 | Johnson & Johnson | $3,564 | 3.56x |
| 59 | Citigroup | $3,480 | 3.48x |
| 60 | Booking Holdings | $3,333 | 3.33x |
| 61 | ExxonMobil | $3,295 | 3.29x |
| 62 | Intuit | $3,081 | 3.08x |
| 63 | Lowe's | $3,041 | 3.04x |
| 64 | General Motors | $3,024 | 3.02x |
| 65 | Salesforce | $2,999 | 3.00x |
| 66 | Target | $2,939 | 2.94x |
| 67 | Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) | $2,905 | 2.91x |
| 68 | Coca-Cola | $2,862 | 2.86x |
| 69 | Home Depot | $2,859 | 2.86x |
| 70 | IBM | $2,651 | 2.65x |
| 71 | McDonald's | $2,588 | 2.59x |
| 72 | Procter & Gamble | $2,546 | 2.55x |
| 73 | Adobe | $2,526 | 2.53x |
| 74 | Starbucks | $2,055 | 2.06x |
| 75 | Wells Fargo | $2,053 | 2.05x |
| 76 | PepsiCo | $1,816 | 1.82x |
| 77 | Verizon | $1,780 | 1.78x |
| 78 | Lululemon | $1,733 | 1.73x |
| 79 | Ford | $1,579 | 1.58x |
| 80 | PayPal | $1,568 | 1.57x |
| 81 | Pfizer | $1,530 | 1.53x |
| 82 | Alibaba | $1,495 | 1.49x |
| 83 | Boeing | $1,489 | 1.49x |
| 84 | Disney | $1,115 | 1.12x |
| 85 | Comcast | $1,081 | 1.08x |
| 86 | Nike | $678.86 | 0.68x |
| 87 | AMC Entertainment | $17.36 | 0.02x |
During 2016 alone
- 1Ethereum+778%
- 2AMD+313%
- 3NVIDIA+218%
- 4Bitcoin+130%
- 5Shopify+66%
- 6Dogecoin+57%
- 7AMC Entertainment+54%
- 8Caterpillar+44%
- 9UnitedHealth+41%
- 10JPMorgan+40%
- 11Morgan Stanley+40%
- 12Bank of America+39%
- 13Texas Instruments+39%
- 14Chevron+39%
- 15Goldman Sachs+38%
- 16TSMC+38%
- 17Qualcomm+35%
- 18ASML+28%
- 19IBM+28%
- 20Broadcom+27%
- 21Comcast+26%
- 22Berkshire Hathaway+25%
- 23Russell 2000 ETF (IWM)+25%
- 24Litecoin+24%
- 25Verizon+24%
- 26Intuit+23%
- 27ExxonMobil+21%
- 28Super Micro Computer+20%
- 29Lululemon+20%
- 30Citigroup+20%
- 31Dow Jones ETF (DIA)+19%
- 32Cisco+19%
- 33Booking Holdings+19%
- 34Johnson & Johnson+19%
- 35Schwab Dividend ETF (SCHD)+18%
- 36Merck+18%
- 37Amazon+18%
- 38Microsoft+17%
- 39Vanguard Tech ETF (VGT)+16%
- 40Netflix+16%
- 41PayPal+16%
- 42MicroStrategy+16%
- 43Alibaba+16%
- 44Boeing+15%
- 45Total Stock Market ETF (VTI)+15%
- 46Sony+15%
- 47Walmart+15%
- 48Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)+15%
- 49S&P 500 ETF (SPY)+14%
- 50Meta+14%
- 51Apple+13%
- 52AbbVie+13%
- 53Adobe+13%
- 54Mastercard+12%
- 55S&P 500 (index fund)+12%
- 56Intel+11%
- 57Procter & Gamble+11%
- 58General Motors+11%
- 59Nasdaq-100 ETF (QQQ)+10%
- 60Oracle+9.5%
- 61Wells Fargo+9.2%
- 62PepsiCo+9.1%
- 63Gold+8.4%
- 64Gold ETF (GLD)+7.4%
- 65Pfizer+7.2%
- 66Google+5.9%
- 67Visa+5.8%
- 68XRP+5%
- 69McDonald's+4.9%
- 70Home Depot+4.6%
- 71Disney+4.6%
- 72ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK)+2.2%
- 73Target+2.1%
- 74Coca-Cola+1.8%
- 75Costco+1.3%
- 76Tesla−2.8%
- 77Ford−3.6%
- 78Starbucks−3.6%
- 79Lowe's−4.2%
- 80GameStop−5.6%
- 81Eli Lilly−7.6%
- 82Salesforce−8%
- 83ServiceNow−10%
- 84The Trade Desk−11%
- 85Nike−14%
- 86Chipotle−16%
- 87Palo Alto Networks−26%
Start-of-year prices; current prices refresh hourly. Past performance does not predict future returns. Not financial advice.