Best Investments Since 2017: What $1,000 Became Today
Of 87 stocks, funds and cryptos, $1,000 in Dogecoin at the start of 2017 did best: it would be worth $427,500 today (427x). The weakest was AMC Entertainment at $11.26. 43 of 87 beat the S&P 500 ($4,022).
$1,000 at the start of 2017, worth today
Stocks and the S&P 500 row include reinvested dividends.
| # | Investment | Worth today | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dogecoin | $427,500 | 427x |
| 2 | Ethereum | $329,947 | 330x |
| 3 | XRP | $237,841 | 238x |
| 4 | NVIDIA | $90,857 | 90.9x |
| 5 | Bitcoin | $83,689 | 83.7x |
| 6 | AMD | $53,136 | 53.1x |
| 7 | Shopify | $34,468 | 34.5x |
| 8 | Broadcom | $25,826 | 25.8x |
| 9 | Tesla | $24,381 | 24.4x |
| 10 | TSMC | $19,736 | 19.7x |
| 11 | Eli Lilly | $18,449 | 18.4x |
| 12 | Palo Alto Networks | $18,310 | 18.3x |
| 13 | ASML | $18,198 | 18.2x |
| 14 | Litecoin | $15,624 | 15.6x |
| 15 | Super Micro Computer | $14,464 | 14.5x |
| 16 | Apple | $12,338 | 12.3x |
| 17 | Caterpillar | $10,846 | 10.8x |
| 18 | Microsoft | $9,087 | 9.09x |
| 19 | Vanguard Tech ETF (VGT) | $8,879 | 8.88x |
| 20 | $8,649 | 8.65x | |
| 21 | ServiceNow | $8,592 | 8.59x |
| 22 | MicroStrategy | $7,774 | 7.77x |
| 23 | Costco | $6,833 | 6.83x |
| 24 | Nasdaq-100 ETF (QQQ) | $6,589 | 6.59x |
| 25 | Amazon | $6,558 | 6.56x |
| 26 | Roku | $6,454 | 6.45x |
| 27 | Meta | $6,319 | 6.32x |
| 28 | AbbVie | $6,310 | 6.31x |
| 29 | Morgan Stanley | $5,897 | 5.90x |
| 30 | Mastercard | $5,673 | 5.67x |
| 31 | Netflix | $5,508 | 5.51x |
| 32 | Walmart | $5,483 | 5.48x |
| 33 | Texas Instruments | $5,001 | 5.00x |
| 34 | Visa | $4,942 | 4.94x |
| 35 | JPMorgan | $4,913 | 4.91x |
| 36 | ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) | $4,730 | 4.73x |
| 37 | Cisco | $4,684 | 4.68x |
| 38 | Goldman Sachs | $4,639 | 4.64x |
| 39 | The Trade Desk | $4,603 | 4.60x |
| 40 | GameStop | $4,558 | 4.56x |
| 41 | Sony | $4,357 | 4.36x |
| 42 | Chipotle | $4,278 | 4.28x |
| 43 | Oracle | $4,131 | 4.13x |
| 44 | S&P 500 (index fund) | $4,022 | 4.02x |
| 45 | Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) | $3,977 | 3.98x |
| 46 | S&P 500 ETF (SPY) | $3,951 | 3.95x |
| 47 | Intel | $3,885 | 3.88x |
| 48 | Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) | $3,764 | 3.76x |
| 49 | Qualcomm | $3,686 | 3.69x |
| 50 | Gold | $3,650 | 3.65x |
| 51 | Merck | $3,500 | 3.50x |
| 52 | Gold ETF (GLD) | $3,462 | 3.46x |
| 53 | Salesforce | $3,261 | 3.26x |
| 54 | Lowe's | $3,173 | 3.17x |
| 55 | Schwab Dividend ETF (SCHD) | $3,124 | 3.12x |
| 56 | Dow Jones ETF (DIA) | $3,114 | 3.11x |
| 57 | Berkshire Hathaway | $3,069 | 3.07x |
| 58 | Bank of America | $3,039 | 3.04x |
| 59 | Johnson & Johnson | $3,007 | 3.01x |
| 60 | Citigroup | $2,909 | 2.91x |
| 61 | Target | $2,878 | 2.88x |
| 62 | Coca-Cola | $2,811 | 2.81x |
| 63 | Booking Holdings | $2,809 | 2.81x |
| 64 | General Motors | $2,732 | 2.73x |
| 65 | Home Depot | $2,732 | 2.73x |
| 66 | UnitedHealth | $2,722 | 2.72x |
| 67 | ExxonMobil | $2,712 | 2.71x |
| 68 | Chevron | $2,614 | 2.61x |
| 69 | Intuit | $2,504 | 2.50x |
| 70 | McDonald's | $2,468 | 2.47x |
| 71 | Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) | $2,322 | 2.32x |
| 72 | Procter & Gamble | $2,294 | 2.29x |
| 73 | Adobe | $2,245 | 2.25x |
| 74 | Starbucks | $2,132 | 2.13x |
| 75 | IBM | $2,077 | 2.08x |
| 76 | Wells Fargo | $1,879 | 1.88x |
| 77 | PepsiCo | $1,665 | 1.67x |
| 78 | Ford | $1,638 | 1.64x |
| 79 | Lululemon | $1,448 | 1.45x |
| 80 | Verizon | $1,431 | 1.43x |
| 81 | Pfizer | $1,428 | 1.43x |
| 82 | PayPal | $1,354 | 1.35x |
| 83 | Alibaba | $1,294 | 1.29x |
| 84 | Boeing | $1,289 | 1.29x |
| 85 | Disney | $1,067 | 1.07x |
| 86 | Comcast | $856.64 | 0.86x |
| 87 | Nike | $793.84 | 0.79x |
| 88 | Snap | $216.30 | 0.22x |
| 89 | AMC Entertainment | $11.26 | 0.01x |
During 2017 alone
- 1XRP+36,408%
- 2Ethereum+9,141%
- 3Litecoin+5,251%
- 4Dogecoin+4,005%
- 5Bitcoin+1,244%
- 6Shopify+146%
- 7Roku+122%
- 8Alibaba+107%
- 9NVIDIA+96%
- 10Boeing+94%
- 11ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK)+91%
- 12PayPal+83%
- 13ServiceNow+74%
- 14The Trade Desk+72%
- 15Caterpillar+72%
- 16Adobe+72%
- 17AbbVie+63%
- 18Sony+63%
- 19ASML+63%
- 20Amazon+58%
- 21Netflix+58%
- 22Meta+55%
- 23Broadcom+53%
- 24Apple+51%
- 25McDonald's+49%
- 26Salesforce+48%
- 27Tesla+48%
- 28Walmart+47%
- 29Texas Instruments+47%
- 30Mastercard+45%
- 31Visa+45%
- 32TSMC+44%
- 33Home Depot+43%
- 34Microsoft+40%
- 35Intuit+40%
- 36UnitedHealth+39%
- 37Vanguard Tech ETF (VGT)+38%
- 38Google+35%
- 39Bank of America+35%
- 40Nasdaq-100 ETF (QQQ)+34%
- 41Cisco+32%
- 42Lowe's+32%
- 43Intel+32%
- 44Dow Jones ETF (DIA)+28%
- 45JPMorgan+27%
- 46Citigroup+25%
- 47Costco+24%
- 48General Motors+24%
- 49Nike+24%
- 50Morgan Stanley+24%
- 51Johnson & Johnson+23%
- 52Oracle+22%
- 53S&P 500 (index fund)+22%
- 54Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)+22%
- 55S&P 500 ETF (SPY)+22%
- 56Total Stock Market ETF (VTI)+21%
- 57Comcast+21%
- 58Booking Holdings+21%
- 59Schwab Dividend ETF (SCHD)+21%
- 60Berkshire Hathaway+20%
- 61Lululemon+19%
- 62Palo Alto Networks+17%
- 63Eli Lilly+16%
- 64PepsiCo+16%
- 65Russell 2000 ETF (IWM)+15%
- 66Pfizer+15%
- 67Gold ETF (GLD)+13%
- 68Gold+13%
- 69Coca-Cola+13%
- 70Chevron+13%
- 71Wells Fargo+12%
- 72Procter & Gamble+11%
- 73Goldman Sachs+7.2%
- 74Disney+7%
- 75Ford+6.2%
- 76Starbucks+6.1%
- 77Qualcomm+3.6%
- 78Verizon+2.9%
- 79ExxonMobil−2.9%
- 80Target−3.1%
- 81Merck−3.7%
- 82AMD−3.9%
- 83IBM−4.2%
- 84Chipotle−22%
- 85GameStop−23%
- 86Super Micro Computer−25%
- 87MicroStrategy−33%
- 88Snap−39%
- 89AMC Entertainment−54%
Start-of-year prices; current prices refresh hourly. Past performance does not predict future returns. Not financial advice.