Best Investments Since 2022: What $1,000 Became Today

Of 112 stocks, funds and cryptos, $1,000 in Palantir at the start of 2022 did best: it would be worth $10,026 today (10.0x). The weakest was AMC Entertainment at $11.50. 38 of 112 beat the S&P 500 ($1,723).

$1,000 at the start of 2022, worth today

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

#	Investment	Worth today	Multiple	Per year
1	Palantir	$10,026	10.0x	+63%
2	Super Micro Computer	$9,020	9.02x	+59%
3	NVIDIA	$7,586	7.59x	+53%
4	Robinhood	$6,265	6.27x	+47%
5	Broadcom	$5,819	5.82x	+45%
6	CrowdStrike	$5,287	5.29x	+42%
7	Eli Lilly	$4,547	4.55x	+38%
8	TRON	$4,446	4.45x	+37%
9	Caterpillar	$4,324	4.32x	+36%
10	Palo Alto Networks	$4,272	4.27x	+36%
11	AMD	$4,042	4.04x	+34%
12	TSMC	$3,842	3.84x	+33%
13	ExxonMobil	$2,988	2.99x	+26%
14	Cloudflare	$2,792	2.79x	+24%
15	MicroStrategy	$2,754	2.75x	+24%
16	Goldman Sachs	$2,597	2.60x	+22%
17	Citigroup	$2,443	2.44x	+21%
18	ASML	$2,400	2.40x	+20%
19	Intel	$2,352	2.35x	+20%
20	Walmart	$2,351	2.35x	+20%
21	Google	$2,343	2.34x	+20%
22	JPMorgan	$2,312	2.31x	+19%
23	AbbVie	$2,311	2.31x	+19%
24	Gold	$2,297	2.30x	+19%
25	Gold ETF (GLD)	$2,272	2.27x	+19%
26	Morgan Stanley	$2,241	2.24x	+19%
27	Merck	$2,240	2.24x	+19%
28	Vanguard Tech ETF (VGT)	$2,231	2.23x	+18%
29	Meta	$2,181	2.18x	+18%
30	Chevron	$2,067	2.07x	+17%
31	Spotify	$2,010	2.01x	+16%
32	IBM	$1,940	1.94x	+15%
33	Cisco	$1,938	1.94x	+15%
34	Nasdaq-100 ETF (QQQ)	$1,891	1.89x	+14%
35	Apple	$1,853	1.85x	+14%
36	XRP	$1,805	1.81x	+13%
37	Bitcoin	$1,804	1.80x	+13%
38	Wells Fargo	$1,787	1.79x	+13%
39	Johnson & Johnson	$1,779	1.78x	+13%
40	S&P 500 (index fund)	$1,723	1.72x	+12%
41	Costco	$1,719	1.72x	+12%
42	Visa	$1,718	1.72x	+12%
43	Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)	$1,710	1.71x	+12%
44	S&P 500 ETF (SPY)	$1,705	1.71x	+12%
45	Texas Instruments	$1,694	1.69x	+12%
46	Booking Holdings	$1,686	1.69x	+12%
47	Coca-Cola	$1,684	1.68x	+12%
48	Oracle	$1,676	1.68x	+12%
49	Berkshire Hathaway	$1,672	1.67x	+11%
50	Total Stock Market ETF (VTI)	$1,650	1.65x	+11%
51	Datadog	$1,639	1.64x	+11%
52	Microsoft	$1,577	1.58x	+10%
53	Uber	$1,574	1.57x	+10%
54	Mastercard	$1,566	1.57x	+9.9%
55	Dow Jones ETF (DIA)	$1,523	1.52x	+9.3%
56	BNB	$1,476	1.48x	+8.5%
57	Amazon	$1,450	1.45x	+8.1%
58	Schwab Dividend ETF (SCHD)	$1,447	1.45x	+8.1%
59	General Motors	$1,373	1.37x	+6.9%
60	Bank of America	$1,339	1.34x	+6.3%
61	Russell 2000 ETF (IWM)	$1,312	1.31x	+5.9%
62	Verizon	$1,193	1.19x	+3.8%
63	Netflix	$1,176	1.18x	+3.5%
64	Qualcomm	$1,106	1.11x	+2.2%
65	Shopify	$1,083	1.08x	+1.7%
66	ServiceNow	$1,031	1.03x	+0.7%
67	Procter & Gamble	$1,029	1.03x	+0.6%
68	SoFi	$1,017	1.02x	+0.3%
69	Snowflake	$997.47	1.00x	−0.1%
70	McDonald's	$973.33	0.97x	−0.6%
71	Alibaba	$952.33	0.95x	−1%
72	Chipotle	$948.39	0.95x	−1.1%
73	Sony	$947.35	0.95x	−1.1%
74	ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK)	$927.38	0.93x	−1.6%
75	Starbucks	$917.96	0.92x	−1.8%
76	Airbnb	$909.60	0.91x	−2%
77	Boeing	$902.64	0.90x	−2.1%
78	Salesforce	$900.39	0.90x	−2.2%
79	Tesla	$882	0.88x	−2.6%
80	PepsiCo	$869.67	0.87x	−2.9%
81	Stellar	$834.68	0.83x	−3.7%
82	UnitedHealth	$811.26	0.81x	−4.3%
83	Lowe's	$805.54	0.81x	−4.5%
84	Home Depot	$799.57	0.80x	−4.6%
85	Target	$785.11	0.79x	−5%
86	Ford	$767.60	0.77x	−5.4%
87	Coinbase	$750.67	0.75x	−5.9%
88	Chainlink	$747.59	0.75x	−5.9%
89	Ethereum	$731.92	0.73x	−6.4%
90	Bitcoin Cash	$715.39	0.72x	−6.8%
91	Solana	$701.29	0.70x	−7.2%
92	Disney	$691.20	0.69x	−7.5%
93	Pfizer	$653.56	0.65x	−8.6%
94	Roku	$650.46	0.65x	−8.7%
95	GameStop	$615.28	0.62x	−9.7%
96	Dogecoin	$553.24	0.55x	−12%
97	Comcast	$530.70	0.53x	−13%
98	Pinterest	$506.32	0.51x	−13%
99	Zoom	$479.65	0.48x	−14%
100	Litecoin	$461.57	0.46x	−15%
101	Intuit	$436.87	0.44x	−16%
102	Roblox	$418.23	0.42x	−17%
103	Adobe	$411.66	0.41x	−17%
104	PayPal	$279.50	0.28x	−24%
105	Lululemon	$249.82	0.25x	−25%
106	Nike	$237.91	0.24x	−26%
107	Cardano	$186.90	0.19x	−30%
108	Shiba Inu	$175.45	0.18x	−31%
109	Rivian	$146.54	0.15x	−33%
110	The Trade Desk	$137.55	0.14x	−34%
111	Snap	$113.65	0.11x	−37%
112	Avalanche	$103.78	0.10x	−38%
113	Polkadot	$44.71	0.04x	−48%
114	AMC Entertainment	$11.50	0.01x	−61%

During 2022 alone

1Super Micro Computer+84%
2ExxonMobil+74%
3Chevron+51%
4Merck+49%
5Eli Lilly+36%
6AbbVie+25%
7Caterpillar+18%
8Coca-Cola+9.3%
9IBM+9.2%
10Johnson & Johnson+6.6%
11PepsiCo+6.5%
12UnitedHealth+4.6%
13Berkshire Hathaway+3%
14Gold ETF (GLD)+1.6%
15Walmart+0.8%
16McDonald's+0.6%
17Gold−0.3%
18Oracle−3.1%
19Schwab Dividend ETF (SCHD)−3.3%
20Procter & Gamble−4.6%
21Visa−5.6%
22Mastercard−6%
23Boeing−6%
24Pfizer−6.6%
25Dow Jones ETF (DIA)−7.6%
26Goldman Sachs−10%
27Morgan Stanley−11%
28Starbucks−12%
29Texas Instruments−12%
30JPMorgan−14%
31Broadcom−14%
32Wells Fargo−16%
33Lululemon−17%
34Booking Holdings−17%
35S&P 500 (index fund)−18%
36Chipotle−19%
37Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)−19%
38S&P 500 ETF (SPY)−19%
39Verizon−19%
40Costco−19%
41Total Stock Market ETF (VTI)−20%
42Lowe's−21%
43Home Depot−21%
44Cisco−22%
45Russell 2000 ETF (IWM)−22%
46Alibaba−24%
47Palo Alto Networks−24%
48Citigroup−25%
49Bank of America−26%
50Nike−27%
51Comcast−27%
52TRON−28%
53Microsoft−28%
54ASML−30%
55Apple−31%
56Vanguard Tech ETF (VGT)−31%
57Target−33%
58Nasdaq-100 ETF (QQQ)−34%
59Pinterest−37%
60Intuit−38%
61Google−38%
62ServiceNow−39%
63Sony−39%
64Adobe−40%
65Qualcomm−41%
66TSMC−41%
67Uber−42%
68Disney−43%
69General Motors−44%
70Ford−45%
71Salesforce−47%
72Intel−48%
73CrowdStrike−48%
74Amazon−50%
75Netflix−51%
76Airbnb−51%
77The Trade Desk−51%
78BNB−52%
79Litecoin−52%
80NVIDIA−52%
81GameStop−55%
82Datadog−56%
83Robinhood−56%
84AMD−57%
85Dogecoin−59%
86XRP−59%
87Snowflake−59%
88PayPal−62%
89Meta−63%
90Zoom−64%
91Bitcoin−64%
92Palantir−66%
93Cloudflare−66%
94Spotify−66%
95Ethereum−68%
96ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK)−69%
97SoFi−71%
98Chainlink−72%
99Roblox−72%
100Tesla−73%
101Stellar−73%
102Shopify−74%
103MicroStrategy−74%
104Shiba Inu−76%
105Bitcoin Cash−77%
106Snap−81%
107Cardano−81%
108Roku−83%
109Rivian−83%
110Polkadot−84%
111AMC Entertainment−85%
112Coinbase−87%
113Avalanche−90%
114Solana−94%

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