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it would be worth today
$2,497
+$1,497 profit2.50x39.5% a year
The same $1,000 in an S&P 500 index fund: $1,666
Its shares paid about $49.16 in dividends over the last 12 months.
Aftertax on the gain, you’d keep$2,272
US federal long-term rates: 15% for most people, 0% on lower incomes, 20% + 3.8% on high incomes. No state tax included; none inside a Roth IRA.
Growth Over Time
Performance Metrics
Total Invested
$1,000.00
Current Value
$2,496.65
Total Profit
$1,496.65
Multiplier
2.50x
CAGR
39.5%
Max Drawdown
-14.3%
Inflation-Adjusted
$2,406.28
Benchmark Comparison
How does $1,000.00 invested in 2024 compare across different asset classes?
| Asset | Value Today | Return |
|---|---|---|
| Goldman Sachs | $2,496.65 | 2.50x |
| S&P 500 | $1,666.43 | 1.67x |
| Gold | $2,036.45 | 2.04x |
| Savings (2% APY) | $1,055.88 | 1.06x |
Dividends
Over the last 12 months, the 2.73 shares you'd own now paid about $49.16 in dividends (about $4.10 a month). That's 4.9% of the $1,000 put in.
Price growth alone turned $1,000 into $2,354; reinvested dividends added the other $142.31, 9.5% of the gain.
Dividends from Yahoo Finance. Shares today assume every dividend was reinvested.
Back in 2024
- In October 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ordered Apple and Goldman Sachs to pay a total of $89 million over Apple Card problems. fortune.com
- In 2024, a gallon of gas averaged $3.30 and the new iPhone 16 Pro started at $999. eia.govapple.com
- During 2024 itself, Goldman Sachs rose 52%, #28 of the 114 investments we track. The best was Palantir (+353%); the worst was Intel (−57%). Full 2024 results →
$1,000 in Goldman Sachs, year by year
Of the 114 investments we track that were available at the start of 2024, Goldman Sachs ranks #17 by growth to today — just behind Spotify and ahead of Intel. See the full 2024 ranking →
Goldman Sachs started 2024 at its highest start-of-year price up to then, after rising 16% in 2023. It has been worth more than the $1,000 put in at every January since, and still is today. Today's $2,497 is more than it was worth at any January since. It rose in 2 of the 2 full years since. It has been ahead of the same $1,000 in the S&P 500 at every January since, and still is.
| When | Worth | Change | S&P 500 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start of 2024 | $1,000 | — | $1,000 |
| Start of 2025 | $1,517 | +52% | $1,250 |
| Start of 2026 | $2,461 | +62% | $1,474 |
| Today | $2,497 | +1.4% | $1,666 |
Values at the start of each year (first trading day for stocks). The S&P 500 column includes reinvested dividends, like the stock values.
Historical Context
At the start of 2024, Goldman Sachs was priced at $366.17 (adjusted for later splits and dividends). $1,000 would have bought about 2.73 shares. Goldman Sachs is an investment bank and asset manager.
Measured from one January to the next, Goldman Sachs's best year since then was 2025 (+62%) and its weakest was 2024 (+52%).
Frequently Asked Questions
A $1,000 investment in Goldman Sachs at the start of 2024 would be worth approximately $2,496.65 today — a 2.50x return ($1,496.65 profit) over 2.7 years.
Methodology & Sources
Price data: Historical prices are the closing price on the first trading day of each year, adjusted for splits and dividends (so returns assume dividends were reinvested), from Yahoo Finance and MacroTrends. Current prices come from Yahoo Finance and refresh hourly; if that source is unavailable, the last saved price is used.
Calculation: Assumes a single purchase at the start of 2024 (or the first trading day, for companies that listed that year), held until today. No transaction fees, taxes, or slippage are included.
Benchmarks: The S&P 500 comparison uses the S&P 500 Total Return index (dividends reinvested, like an index fund) at the start of2024 and today. Gold uses the price per troy ounce. Savings account assumes a 2% APY compounded annually.
Inflation adjustment: Uses U.S. CPI-U annual averages from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The 2026 CPI value is estimated.
Educational purposes only. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Not financial advice.
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