Best Investments Since 2018: What $1,000 Became Today
Of 94 stocks, funds and cryptos, $1,000 in BNB at the start of 2018 did best: it would be worth $87,866 today (87.9x). The weakest was AMC Entertainment at $24.54. 43 of 94 beat the S&P 500 ($3,300).
$1,000 at the start of 2018, worth today
Stocks and the S&P 500 row include reinvested dividends.
| # | Investment | Worth today | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BNB | $87,866 | 87.9x |
| 2 | AMD | $55,334 | 55.3x |
| 3 | NVIDIA | $46,087 | 46.1x |
| 4 | Chainlink | $24,495 | 24.5x |
| 5 | Super Micro Computer | $19,124 | 19.1x |
| 6 | Broadcom | $16,893 | 16.9x |
| 7 | Tesla | $16,511 | 16.5x |
| 8 | Eli Lilly | $15,839 | 15.8x |
| 9 | Palo Alto Networks | $15,687 | 15.7x |
| 10 | Shopify | $14,053 | 14.1x |
| 11 | TSMC | $13,608 | 13.6x |
| 12 | MicroStrategy | $11,735 | 11.7x |
| 13 | ASML | $11,222 | 11.2x |
| 14 | Dogecoin | $10,415 | 10.4x |
| 15 | Apple | $8,166 | 8.17x |
| 16 | TRON | $7,492 | 7.49x |
| 17 | Microsoft | $6,446 | 6.45x |
| 18 | Vanguard Tech ETF (VGT) | $6,432 | 6.43x |
| 19 | $6,383 | 6.38x | |
| 20 | Caterpillar | $6,308 | 6.31x |
| 21 | Bitcoin | $6,230 | 6.23x |
| 22 | GameStop | $5,957 | 5.96x |
| 23 | Costco | $5,504 | 5.50x |
| 24 | Chipotle | $5,441 | 5.44x |
| 25 | ServiceNow | $4,931 | 4.93x |
| 26 | Nasdaq-100 ETF (QQQ) | $4,923 | 4.92x |
| 27 | Morgan Stanley | $4,771 | 4.77x |
| 28 | Goldman Sachs | $4,339 | 4.34x |
| 29 | Amazon | $4,149 | 4.15x |
| 30 | Meta | $4,101 | 4.10x |
| 31 | Mastercard | $3,898 | 3.90x |
| 32 | JPMorgan | $3,880 | 3.88x |
| 33 | AbbVie | $3,855 | 3.86x |
| 34 | Walmart | $3,717 | 3.72x |
| 35 | Merck | $3,637 | 3.64x |
| 36 | Ethereum | $3,547 | 3.55x |
| 37 | Cisco | $3,546 | 3.55x |
| 38 | Qualcomm | $3,531 | 3.53x |
| 39 | Netflix | $3,496 | 3.50x |
| 40 | Visa | $3,398 | 3.40x |
| 41 | Texas Instruments | $3,395 | 3.40x |
| 42 | Oracle | $3,363 | 3.36x |
| 43 | Spotify | $3,313 | 3.31x |
| 44 | S&P 500 (index fund) | $3,300 | 3.30x |
| 45 | Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) | $3,264 | 3.26x |
| 46 | S&P 500 ETF (SPY) | $3,247 | 3.25x |
| 47 | Gold | $3,234 | 3.23x |
| 48 | Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) | $3,106 | 3.11x |
| 49 | Gold ETF (GLD) | $3,059 | 3.06x |
| 50 | Target | $2,971 | 2.97x |
| 51 | Intel | $2,948 | 2.95x |
| 52 | Roku | $2,922 | 2.92x |
| 53 | ExxonMobil | $2,791 | 2.79x |
| 54 | Sony | $2,674 | 2.67x |
| 55 | The Trade Desk | $2,596 | 2.60x |
| 56 | Schwab Dividend ETF (SCHD) | $2,589 | 2.59x |
| 57 | Berkshire Hathaway | $2,547 | 2.55x |
| 58 | Coca-Cola | $2,494 | 2.49x |
| 59 | ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) | $2,481 | 2.48x |
| 60 | Johnson & Johnson | $2,442 | 2.44x |
| 61 | Dow Jones ETF (DIA) | $2,437 | 2.44x |
| 62 | Lowe's | $2,406 | 2.41x |
| 63 | Citigroup | $2,334 | 2.33x |
| 64 | Booking Holdings | $2,328 | 2.33x |
| 65 | Chevron | $2,326 | 2.33x |
| 66 | Bank of America | $2,253 | 2.25x |
| 67 | General Motors | $2,205 | 2.21x |
| 68 | Salesforce | $2,199 | 2.20x |
| 69 | IBM | $2,158 | 2.16x |
| 70 | Procter & Gamble | $2,067 | 2.07x |
| 71 | Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) | $2,019 | 2.02x |
| 72 | Starbucks | $2,007 | 2.01x |
| 73 | UnitedHealth | $1,965 | 1.96x |
| 74 | Home Depot | $1,901 | 1.90x |
| 75 | Intuit | $1,802 | 1.80x |
| 76 | Wells Fargo | $1,673 | 1.67x |
| 77 | McDonald's | $1,662 | 1.66x |
| 78 | Ford | $1,540 | 1.54x |
| 79 | PepsiCo | $1,435 | 1.43x |
| 80 | Verizon | $1,387 | 1.39x |
| 81 | Adobe | $1,312 | 1.31x |
| 82 | Pfizer | $1,247 | 1.25x |
| 83 | Lululemon | $1,216 | 1.22x |
| 84 | Disney | $999.91 | 1.00x |
| 85 | PayPal | $737.92 | 0.74x |
| 86 | Comcast | $710.29 | 0.71x |
| 87 | Boeing | $663.44 | 0.66x |
| 88 | XRP | $649.43 | 0.65x |
| 89 | Nike | $641.95 | 0.64x |
| 90 | Alibaba | $623.42 | 0.62x |
| 91 | Stellar | $620.38 | 0.62x |
| 92 | Snap | $357.19 | 0.36x |
| 93 | Cardano | $340.68 | 0.34x |
| 94 | Litecoin | $289.21 | 0.29x |
| 95 | Bitcoin Cash | $121.77 | 0.12x |
| 96 | AMC Entertainment | $24.54 | 0.02x |
During 2018 alone
- 1The Trade Desk+150%
- 2AMD+71%
- 3Lululemon+55%
- 4Chipotle+51%
- 5Eli Lilly+39%
- 6Merck+39%
- 7ServiceNow+35%
- 8Netflix+33%
- 9Shopify+30%
- 10Salesforce+30%
- 11Amazon+29%
- 12Adobe+26%
- 13Mastercard+26%
- 14Intuit+24%
- 15Palo Alto Networks+23%
- 16Pfizer+23%
- 17Microsoft+20%
- 18Nike+18%
- 19Visa+17%
- 20PayPal+16%
- 21Starbucks+14%
- 22Cisco+14%
- 23UnitedHealth+12%
- 24Boeing+11%
- 25Costco+9.9%
- 26Verizon+9.6%
- 27Sony+6.9%
- 28Coca-Cola+6.6%
- 29Procter & Gamble+4.2%
- 30McDonald's+4.2%
- 31Intel+3%
- 32Berkshire Hathaway+2.8%
- 33Lowe's+2.6%
- 34Target+1.5%
- 35Vanguard Tech ETF (VGT)+1.2%
- 36ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK)+0.1%
- 37Broadcom−0.6%
- 38Disney−1%
- 39Nasdaq-100 ETF (QQQ)−1.5%
- 40Oracle−1.5%
- 41Gold−1.6%
- 42Google−1.8%
- 43MicroStrategy−2.4%
- 44Gold ETF (GLD)−3.1%
- 45Walmart−3.1%
- 46Tesla−3.3%
- 47Booking Holdings−3.5%
- 48Dow Jones ETF (DIA)−3.9%
- 49PepsiCo−4.4%
- 50S&P 500 (index fund)−4.4%
- 51AMC Entertainment−5.1%
- 52Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)−5.1%
- 53S&P 500 ETF (SPY)−5.1%
- 54Johnson & Johnson−5.8%
- 55AbbVie−5.8%
- 56Total Stock Market ETF (VTI)−5.8%
- 57Schwab Dividend ETF (SCHD)−5.8%
- 58JPMorgan−5.9%
- 59Home Depot−6.2%
- 60Apple−6.9%
- 61TSMC−7.7%
- 62Texas Instruments−8.2%
- 63Qualcomm−8.5%
- 64Chevron−9.9%
- 65ASML−11%
- 66Russell 2000 ETF (IWM)−11%
- 67Comcast−14%
- 68ExxonMobil−15%
- 69Bank of America−15%
- 70General Motors−16%
- 71Caterpillar−18%
- 72GameStop−21%
- 73Morgan Stanley−21%
- 74Wells Fargo−21%
- 75IBM−22%
- 76Spotify−24%
- 77Meta−25%
- 78Alibaba−26%
- 79Citigroup−26%
- 80BNB−28%
- 81Super Micro Computer−30%
- 82NVIDIA−31%
- 83Goldman Sachs−32%
- 84Ford−33%
- 85Roku−38%
- 86Chainlink−52%
- 87TRON−58%
- 88Snap−61%
- 89Stellar−69%
- 90Bitcoin−72%
- 91Dogecoin−75%
- 92Ethereum−83%
- 93XRP−84%
- 94Litecoin−87%
- 95Bitcoin Cash−94%
- 96Cardano−94%
Start-of-year prices; current prices refresh hourly. Past performance does not predict future returns. Not financial advice.