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it would be worth today
$616,351
+$615,351 profit616x65.5% a year
The same $1,000 in an S&P 500 index fund: $5,191
Its shares paid about $1,405 in dividends over the last 12 months.
Aftertax on the gain, you’d keep$524,049
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
$616,351.35
Total Profit
$615,351.35
Multiplier
616x
CAGR
65.5%
Max Drawdown
-62.8%
Inflation-Adjusted
$447,516.46
Benchmark Comparison
How does $1,000.00 invested in 2014 compare across different asset classes?
| Asset | Value Today | Return |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA | $616,351.35 | 616x |
| S&P 500 | $5,190.80 | 5.19x |
| Gold | $3,495.17 | 3.50x |
| Savings (2% APY) | $1,287.07 | 1.29x |
Dividends
Over the last 12 months, the 2,703 shares you'd own now paid about $1,405 in dividends (about $117.12 a month). That's 141% of the $1,000 put in.
Price growth alone turned $1,000 into $579,802; reinvested dividends added the other $36,550, 5.9% of the gain.
Dividends from Yahoo Finance. Shares today assume every dividend was reinvested.
Back in 2014
- In September 2014, NVIDIA sued Samsung and Qualcomm over graphics patents, asking U.S. trade officials to block shipments of some Samsung Galaxy phones and tablets. sec.gov
- In 2014, a gallon of gas averaged $3.36, a movie ticket averaged $8.17 and the new iPhone 6 started at $199 with a two-year contract. eia.govapple.comvariety.com
- During 2014 itself, NVIDIA rose 30%, #15 of the 78 investments we track. The best was Palo Alto Networks (+118%); the worst was Bitcoin (−59%). Full 2014 results →
$1,000 in NVIDIA, year by year
Of the 78 investments we track that were available at the start of 2014, NVIDIA ranks #1 by growth to today, the best of them — ahead of AMD. See the full 2014 ranking →
NVIDIA started 2014 51% below its start-of-2008 high, after rising 28% in 2013. It has been worth more than the $1,000 put in at every January since, and still is today. Today's $616,351 is more than it was worth at any January since. It rose in 10 of the 12 full years since. It has been ahead of the same $1,000 in the S&P 500 at every January since, and still is. Month by month, the deepest fall ran from Nov 2021 ($88,032) to Sep 2022 ($32,730), a drop of 63%.
| When | Worth | Change | S&P 500 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start of 2014 | $1,000 | — | $1,000 |
| Start of 2015 | $1,297 | +30% | $1,137 |
| Start of 2016 | $2,135 | +65% | $1,153 |
| Start of 2017 | $6,784 | +218% | $1,290 |
| Start of 2018 | $13,324 | +96% | $1,572 |
| Start of 2019 | $9,135 | −31% | $1,503 |
| Start of 2020 | $16,135 | +77% | $1,977 |
| Start of 2021 | $35,351 | +119% | $2,340 |
| Start of 2022 | $81,243 | +130% | $3,012 |
| Start of 2023 | $38,649 | −52% | $2,467 |
| Start of 2024 | $130,108 | +237% | $3,115 |
| Start of 2025 | $373,703 | +187% | $3,894 |
| Start of 2026 | $509,216 | +36% | $4,591 |
| Today | $616,351 | +21% | $5,191 |
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 2014, NVIDIA was priced at $0.37 (adjusted for later splits and dividends). $1,000 would have bought about 2,703 shares. NVIDIA designs graphics processors (GPUs) used for gaming, data centers and artificial intelligence.
Measured from one January to the next, NVIDIA's best year since then was 2023 (+237%) and its worst was 2022 (−52%). Holding on wasn't easy: between the start of 2022 and the start of 2023, the position fell 52% from its high.
Frequently Asked Questions
A $1,000 investment in NVIDIA at the start of 2014 would be worth approximately $616,351.35 today — a 616x return ($615,351.35 profit) over 12.7 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 2014 (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 of2014 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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