Best Investments Since 2020: What $1,000 Became Today

Of 103 stocks, funds and cryptos, $1,000 in BNB at the start of 2020 did best: it would be worth $55,017 today (55.0x). The weakest was AMC Entertainment at $41.13. 43 of 103 beat the S&P 500 ($2,626).

$1,000 at the start of 2020, worth today

Stocks and the S&P 500 row include reinvested dividends.

#InvestmentWorth todayMultiple
1BNB$55,01755.0x
2Dogecoin$47,02547.0x
3NVIDIA$38,19938.2x
4TRON$25,22225.2x
5CrowdStrike$21,20821.2x
6Ethereum$20,73620.7x
7Cloudflare$20,68320.7x
8Palantir$19,55619.6x
9Super Micro Computer$17,41417.4x
10GameStop$14,90314.9x
11Broadcom$12,89412.9x
12AMD$12,36912.4x
13Tesla$12,30112.3x
14Bitcoin$11,60011.6x
15MicroStrategy$10,65610.7x
16Palo Alto Networks$9,8739.87x
17Eli Lilly$9,6779.68x
18TSMC$8,5958.60x
19Chainlink$8,2818.28x
20XRP$7,8867.89x
21Cardano$7,4587.46x
22Datadog$7,3187.32x
23ASML$6,4116.41x
24Caterpillar$6,2536.25x
25Google$4,9724.97x
26Stellar$4,9474.95x
27Goldman Sachs$4,5654.57x
28Apple$4,5584.56x
29Morgan Stanley$4,5504.55x
30Vanguard Tech ETF (VGT)$4,2094.21x
31AbbVie$3,8653.87x
32Shopify$3,6193.62x
33Nasdaq-100 ETF (QQQ)$3,5513.55x
34Meta$3,5203.52x
35Costco$3,4863.49x
36Microsoft$3,3503.35x
37Spotify$3,2373.24x
38ExxonMobil$3,0693.07x
39Walmart$2,9532.95x
40Oracle$2,8222.82x
41JPMorgan$2,8152.82x
42Gold$2,7692.77x
43Cisco$2,6732.67x
44Gold ETF (GLD)$2,6572.66x
45S&P 500 (index fund)$2,6262.63x
46Texas Instruments$2,6262.63x
47Amazon$2,6042.60x
48Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)$2,5992.60x
49S&P 500 ETF (SPY)$2,5882.59x
50Total Stock Market ETF (VTI)$2,5062.51x
51Qualcomm$2,4262.43x
52General Motors$2,2742.27x
53Chevron$2,2572.26x
54IBM$2,2532.25x
55Uber$2,2322.23x
56ServiceNow$2,2322.23x
57Johnson & Johnson$2,2022.20x
58Berkshire Hathaway$2,2012.20x
59Intel$2,1632.16x
60Schwab Dividend ETF (SCHD)$2,1552.16x
61Netflix$2,1292.13x
62Merck$2,0962.10x
63Citigroup$2,0352.03x
64Visa$2,0152.01x
65Dow Jones ETF (DIA)$2,0052.00x
66Booking Holdings$2,0012.00x
67Coca-Cola$1,9371.94x
68Mastercard$1,9351.93x
69Chipotle$1,8691.87x
70Russell 2000 ETF (IWM)$1,8261.83x
71ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK)$1,8251.82x
72Bank of America$1,8161.82x
73Ford$1,8141.81x
74Wells Fargo$1,7781.78x
75Lowe's$1,7641.76x
76Sony$1,7521.75x
77Litecoin$1,6371.64x
78Home Depot$1,5541.55x
79Bitcoin Cash$1,5051.51x
80Target$1,4941.49x
81UnitedHealth$1,4361.44x
82Procter & Gamble$1,4261.43x
83Salesforce$1,3771.38x
84McDonald's$1,3651.36x
85Snowflake$1,3041.30x
86Zoom$1,2861.29x
87Starbucks$1,2441.24x
88PepsiCo$1,1731.17x
89Verizon$1,1181.12x
90Roku$1,1061.11x
91Airbnb$1,0851.09x
92Pfizer$1,0781.08x
93Intuit$1,0501.05x
94Pinterest$980.590.98x
95Disney$731.120.73x
96Adobe$694.700.69x
97Comcast$617.790.62x
98Boeing$566.240.57x
99Alibaba$521.610.52x
100PayPal$491.970.49x
101The Trade Desk$456.540.46x
102Lululemon$414.790.41x
103Nike$389.870.39x
104Snap$315.550.32x
105AMC Entertainment$41.130.04x

During 2020 alone

  1. 1Tesla+747%
  2. 2Chainlink+537%
  3. 3Ethereum+467%
  4. 4Cardano+453%
  5. 5Zoom+424%
  6. 6Cloudflare+338%
  7. 7CrowdStrike+306%
  8. 8Bitcoin+303%
  9. 9Pinterest+262%
  10. 10Litecoin+202%
  11. 11Snap+196%
  12. 12MicroStrategy+195%
  13. 13The Trade Desk+185%
  14. 14Stellar+184%
  15. 15GameStop+173%
  16. 16BNB+172%
  17. 17Shopify+168%
  18. 18ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK)+151%
  19. 19Datadog+149%
  20. 20Palantir+146%
  21. 21Dogecoin+135%
  22. 22Roku+132%
  23. 23NVIDIA+119%
  24. 24PayPal+109%
  25. 25Spotify+105%
  26. 26TRON+102%
  27. 27TSMC+91%
  28. 28AMD+88%
  29. 29ServiceNow+81%
  30. 30Apple+74%
  31. 31Qualcomm+72%
  32. 32Amazon+68%
  33. 33Bitcoin Cash+68%
  34. 34ASML+67%
  35. 35Uber+65%
  36. 36Netflix+59%
  37. 37Chipotle+54%
  38. 38Lululemon+53%
  39. 39Palo Alto Networks+49%
  40. 40Sony+46%
  41. 41Adobe+45%
  42. 42Nasdaq-100 ETF (QQQ)+44%
  43. 43Target+44%
  44. 44Vanguard Tech ETF (VGT)+41%
  45. 45Intuit+41%
  46. 46Nike+38%
  47. 47Broadcom+38%
  48. 48Microsoft+37%
  49. 49Lowe's+36%
  50. 50Morgan Stanley+35%
  51. 51Costco+35%
  52. 52Salesforce+32%
  53. 53Super Micro Computer+31%
  54. 54Texas Instruments+29%
  55. 55Meta+28%
  56. 56Eli Lilly+28%
  57. 57Gold ETF (GLD)+27%
  58. 58Google+26%
  59. 59Walmart+25%
  60. 60Gold+25%
  61. 61Caterpillar+25%
  62. 62AbbVie+24%
  63. 63Home Depot+23%
  64. 64UnitedHealth+21%
  65. 65Oracle+20%
  66. 66Disney+20%
  67. 67S&P 500 (index fund)+18%
  68. 68Russell 2000 ETF (IWM)+18%
  69. 69Total Stock Market ETF (VTI)+18%
  70. 70Starbucks+18%
  71. 71Mastercard+16%
  72. 72Goldman Sachs+16%
  73. 73XRP+16%
  74. 74Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)+16%
  75. 75S&P 500 ETF (SPY)+16%
  76. 76Visa+15%
  77. 77Procter & Gamble+14%
  78. 78Comcast+14%
  79. 79Schwab Dividend ETF (SCHD)+13%
  80. 80Johnson & Johnson+10%
  81. 81General Motors+9.7%
  82. 82Snowflake+9.6%
  83. 83PepsiCo+9.3%
  84. 84McDonald's+7.3%
  85. 85Dow Jones ETF (DIA)+7%
  86. 86Booking Holdings+4.3%
  87. 87Alibaba+3.7%
  88. 88Pfizer+3.2%
  89. 89Verizon+0.6%
  90. 90Berkshire Hathaway+0%
  91. 91Coca-Cola−0.8%
  92. 92IBM−3.7%
  93. 93Airbnb−3.8%
  94. 94Cisco−6%
  95. 95JPMorgan−7.6%
  96. 96Ford−8%
  97. 97Merck−9.2%
  98. 98Bank of America−13%
  99. 99Intel−16%
  100. 100Citigroup−23%
  101. 101Chevron−26%
  102. 102ExxonMobil−37%
  103. 103Boeing−39%
  104. 104Wells Fargo−43%
  105. 105AMC Entertainment−73%

Start-of-year prices; current prices refresh hourly. Past performance does not predict future returns. Not financial advice.