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The calculator buys at the start of a year, so its answer differs from the exact-date result above.
it would be worth today
$1,777
+$776.90 profit1.78x39.1% a year
The same $1,000 in an S&P 500 index fund: $1,333
Its shares paid about $4.53 in dividends over the last 12 months.
Aftertax on the gain, you’d keep$1,660
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
$1,384.42
Total Profit
$384.42
Multiplier
1.38x
CAGR
38.4%
Max Drawdown
-15.2%
Inflation-Adjusted
$1,358.94
Benchmark Comparison
How does $1,000.00 invested 1 year ago compare across different asset classes?
| Asset | Value Today | Return |
|---|---|---|
| $1,384.42 | 1.38x | |
| S&P 500 | $1,165.64 | 1.17x |
| Gold | $1,089.75 | 1.09x |
| Savings (2% APY) | $1,020.03 | 1.02x |
Dividends
Over the last 12 months, the 4.10 shares you'd own now paid about $3.53 in dividends. That's 0.4% of the $1,000 put in.
Price growth alone turned $1,000 into $1,381; reinvested dividends added the other $3.60, 0.9% of the gain.
Dividends from Yahoo Finance. Shares today assume every dividend was reinvested.
Historical Context
Alphabet is the parent company of Google, YouTube and Google Cloud. This page uses its Class C shares (GOOG).
This page always measures from exactly 1 year before today, using that day's closing price (adjusted for later splits and dividends). The start date moves forward one day at a time, so the result updates daily.
Frequently Asked Questions
A $1,000 investment in Google 1 year ago (on September 29, 2025) would be worth approximately $1,384.42 today — a 1.38x return ($384.42 profit) over 1.0 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 closing price exactly 1 year before today (the next trading day if markets were closed), held until today. The start date moves forward daily. No fees or taxes 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 of2025 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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