Best Investments of 2026 So Far: What $1,000 Became
Of 114 stocks, funds and cryptos, $1,000 in Intel at the start of 2026 did best: it would be worth $2,947 today (2.95x). The weakest was The Trade Desk at $328.95. 37 of 114 beat the S&P 500 ($1,131).
$1,000 at the start of 2026, worth today
Stocks and the S&P 500 row include reinvested dividends.
| # | Investment | Worth today | Multiple |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Intel | $2,947 | 2.95x |
| 2 | AMD | $2,718 | 2.72x |
| 3 | Arm | $2,574 | 2.57x |
| 4 | CrowdStrike | $2,312 | 2.31x |
| 5 | Palo Alto Networks | $2,160 | 2.16x |
| 6 | Datadog | $2,008 | 2.01x |
| 7 | AMC Entertainment | $1,894 | 1.89x |
| 8 | Cloudflare | $1,797 | 1.80x |
| 9 | Texas Instruments | $1,615 | 1.62x |
| 10 | Target | $1,599 | 1.60x |
| 11 | ASML | $1,580 | 1.58x |
| 12 | Snowflake | $1,528 | 1.53x |
| 13 | TSMC | $1,446 | 1.45x |
| 14 | Merck | $1,430 | 1.43x |
| 15 | Cisco | $1,422 | 1.42x |
| 16 | Roku | $1,395 | 1.40x |
| 17 | Caterpillar | $1,388 | 1.39x |
| 18 | Chevron | $1,345 | 1.35x |
| 19 | ExxonMobil | $1,343 | 1.34x |
| 20 | Super Micro Computer | $1,329 | 1.33x |
| 21 | Vanguard Tech ETF (VGT) | $1,327 | 1.33x |
| 22 | Johnson & Johnson | $1,309 | 1.31x |
| 23 | Coca-Cola | $1,282 | 1.28x |
| 24 | Apple | $1,222 | 1.22x |
| 25 | Schwab Dividend ETF (SCHD) | $1,215 | 1.21x |
| 26 | NVIDIA | $1,210 | 1.21x |
| 27 | Nasdaq-100 ETF (QQQ) | $1,208 | 1.21x |
| 28 | Chainlink | $1,202 | 1.20x |
| 29 | Pfizer | $1,197 | 1.20x |
| 30 | Verizon | $1,196 | 1.20x |
| 31 | Airbnb | $1,181 | 1.18x |
| 32 | TRON | $1,179 | 1.18x |
| 33 | AbbVie | $1,177 | 1.18x |
| 34 | Starbucks | $1,159 | 1.16x |
| 35 | GameStop | $1,140 | 1.14x |
| 36 | ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) | $1,139 | 1.14x |
| 37 | UnitedHealth | $1,132 | 1.13x |
| 38 | S&P 500 (index fund) | $1,131 | 1.13x |
| 39 | Meta | $1,130 | 1.13x |
| 40 | Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) | $1,128 | 1.13x |
| 41 | Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) | $1,128 | 1.13x |
| 42 | S&P 500 ETF (SPY) | $1,128 | 1.13x |
| 43 | Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) | $1,126 | 1.13x |
| 44 | Citigroup | $1,120 | 1.12x |
| 45 | Stellar | $1,112 | 1.11x |
| 46 | Palantir | $1,107 | 1.11x |
| 47 | Eli Lilly | $1,102 | 1.10x |
| 48 | Amazon | $1,091 | 1.09x |
| 49 | Qualcomm | $1,089 | 1.09x |
| 50 | Microsoft | $1,087 | 1.09x |
| 51 | Costco | $1,087 | 1.09x |
| 52 | Morgan Stanley | $1,077 | 1.08x |
| 53 | $1,072 | 1.07x | |
| 54 | Dow Jones ETF (DIA) | $1,072 | 1.07x |
| 55 | Procter & Gamble | $1,069 | 1.07x |
| 56 | Visa | $1,065 | 1.07x |
| 57 | Zoom | $1,061 | 1.06x |
| 58 | JPMorgan | $1,044 | 1.04x |
| 59 | Broadcom | $1,029 | 1.03x |
| 60 | Goldman Sachs | $1,014 | 1.01x |
| 61 | Berkshire Hathaway | $1,012 | 1.01x |
| 62 | Mastercard | $1,008 | 1.01x |
| 63 | Robinhood | $1,003 | 1.00x |
| 64 | General Motors | $1,001 | 1.00x |
| 65 | Bank of America | $998.27 | 1.00x |
| 66 | MicroStrategy | $978.37 | 0.98x |
| 67 | Gold | $967.77 | 0.97x |
| 68 | Gold ETF (GLD) | $960.35 | 0.96x |
| 69 | Solana | $957.74 | 0.96x |
| 70 | Ford | $955.78 | 0.96x |
| 71 | Bitcoin | $954.45 | 0.95x |
| 72 | Walmart | $954.17 | 0.95x |
| 73 | Disney | $946.44 | 0.95x |
| 74 | Shopify | $938.87 | 0.94x |
| 75 | PayPal | $935.02 | 0.94x |
| 76 | PepsiCo | $932.99 | 0.93x |
| 77 | Avalanche | $922.48 | 0.92x |
| 78 | Ethereum | $908.55 | 0.91x |
| 79 | Sony | $903.79 | 0.90x |
| 80 | Salesforce | $896.03 | 0.90x |
| 81 | ServiceNow | $881.59 | 0.88x |
| 82 | Litecoin | $880.96 | 0.88x |
| 83 | BNB | $875.10 | 0.88x |
| 84 | Wells Fargo | $860.29 | 0.86x |
| 85 | Chipotle | $855.29 | 0.86x |
| 86 | Home Depot | $853.95 | 0.85x |
| 87 | Spotify | $853.57 | 0.85x |
| 88 | Uber | $834.66 | 0.83x |
| 89 | Shiba Inu | $827.14 | 0.83x |
| 90 | Boeing | $823.73 | 0.82x |
| 91 | XRP | $814.35 | 0.81x |
| 92 | Comcast | $806.89 | 0.81x |
| 93 | Tesla | $805.35 | 0.81x |
| 94 | Dogecoin | $801.79 | 0.80x |
| 95 | Coinbase | $796.75 | 0.80x |
| 96 | McDonald's | $786.60 | 0.79x |
| 97 | Rivian | $775.53 | 0.78x |
| 98 | IBM | $773.06 | 0.77x |
| 99 | Netflix | $771.79 | 0.77x |
| 100 | Lowe's | $771.28 | 0.77x |
| 101 | Booking Holdings | $767.17 | 0.77x |
| 102 | Cardano | $735.76 | 0.74x |
| 103 | Oracle | $713.04 | 0.71x |
| 104 | Alibaba | $699.07 | 0.70x |
| 105 | Adobe | $697.06 | 0.70x |
| 106 | $694.09 | 0.69x | |
| 107 | Polkadot | $667.78 | 0.67x |
| 108 | Snap | $651.29 | 0.65x |
| 109 | $591.47 | 0.59x | |
| 110 | Nike | $580.86 | 0.58x |
| 111 | SoFi | $580.48 | 0.58x |
| 112 | Bitcoin Cash | $514.43 | 0.51x |
| 113 | Roblox | $510.50 | 0.51x |
| 114 | Lululemon | $459.28 | 0.46x |
| 115 | Intuit | $427.07 | 0.43x |
| 116 | The Trade Desk | $328.95 | 0.33x |
2026 so far
- 1Intel+195%
- 2AMD+172%
- 3Arm+157%
- 4CrowdStrike+131%
- 5Palo Alto Networks+116%
- 6Datadog+101%
- 7AMC Entertainment+89%
- 8Cloudflare+80%
- 9Texas Instruments+62%
- 10Target+60%
- 11ASML+58%
- 12Snowflake+53%
- 13TSMC+45%
- 14Merck+43%
- 15Cisco+42%
- 16Roku+40%
- 17Caterpillar+39%
- 18Chevron+35%
- 19ExxonMobil+34%
- 20Super Micro Computer+33%
- 21Vanguard Tech ETF (VGT)+33%
- 22Johnson & Johnson+31%
- 23Coca-Cola+28%
- 24Apple+22%
- 25Schwab Dividend ETF (SCHD)+21%
- 26NVIDIA+21%
- 27Nasdaq-100 ETF (QQQ)+21%
- 28Chainlink+20%
- 29Pfizer+20%
- 30Verizon+20%
- 31Airbnb+18%
- 32TRON+18%
- 33AbbVie+18%
- 34Starbucks+16%
- 35GameStop+14%
- 36ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK)+14%
- 37UnitedHealth+13%
- 38S&P 500 (index fund)+13%
- 39Meta+13%
- 40Russell 2000 ETF (IWM)+13%
- 41Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)+13%
- 42S&P 500 ETF (SPY)+13%
- 43Total Stock Market ETF (VTI)+13%
- 44Citigroup+12%
- 45Stellar+11%
- 46Palantir+11%
- 47Eli Lilly+10%
- 48Amazon+9.1%
- 49Qualcomm+8.9%
- 50Microsoft+8.7%
- 51Costco+8.7%
- 52Morgan Stanley+7.7%
- 53Google+7.2%
- 54Dow Jones ETF (DIA)+7.2%
- 55Procter & Gamble+6.9%
- 56Visa+6.5%
- 57Zoom+6.1%
- 58JPMorgan+4.4%
- 59Broadcom+2.9%
- 60Goldman Sachs+1.4%
- 61Berkshire Hathaway+1.2%
- 62Mastercard+0.8%
- 63Robinhood+0.3%
- 64General Motors+0.1%
- 65Bank of America−0.2%
- 66MicroStrategy−2.2%
- 67Gold−3.2%
- 68Gold ETF (GLD)−4%
- 69Solana−4.2%
- 70Ford−4.4%
- 71Bitcoin−4.6%
- 72Walmart−4.6%
- 73Disney−5.4%
- 74Shopify−6.1%
- 75PayPal−6.5%
- 76PepsiCo−6.7%
- 77Avalanche−7.8%
- 78Ethereum−9.1%
- 79Sony−9.6%
- 80Salesforce−10%
- 81ServiceNow−12%
- 82Litecoin−12%
- 83BNB−12%
- 84Wells Fargo−14%
- 85Chipotle−14%
- 86Home Depot−15%
- 87Spotify−15%
- 88Uber−17%
- 89Shiba Inu−17%
- 90Boeing−18%
- 91XRP−19%
- 92Comcast−19%
- 93Tesla−19%
- 94Dogecoin−20%
- 95Coinbase−20%
- 96McDonald's−21%
- 97Rivian−22%
- 98IBM−23%
- 99Netflix−23%
- 100Lowe's−23%
- 101Booking Holdings−23%
- 102Cardano−26%
- 103Oracle−29%
- 104Alibaba−30%
- 105Adobe−30%
- 106Pinterest−31%
- 107Polkadot−33%
- 108Snap−35%
- 109Reddit−41%
- 110Nike−42%
- 111SoFi−42%
- 112Bitcoin Cash−49%
- 113Roblox−49%
- 114Lululemon−54%
- 115Intuit−57%
- 116The Trade Desk−67%
Start-of-year prices; current prices refresh hourly. Past performance does not predict future returns. Not financial advice.