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it would be worth today
$2,111
+$1,111 profit2.11x22.1% a year
The same $1,000 in an S&P 500 index fund: $2,104
Its shares paid about $22.31 in dividends over the last 12 months.
Includes the fund’s 0.03% yearly fee, roughly $1.73 over this time.
Aftertax on the gain, you’d keep$1,944
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
$2,110.55
Total Profit
$1,110.55
Multiplier
2.11x
CAGR
22.1%
Max Drawdown
-8.3%
Inflation-Adjusted
$1,972.66
Benchmark Comparison
How does $1,000.00 invested in 2023 compare across different asset classes?
| Asset | Value Today | Return |
|---|---|---|
| Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) | $2,110.55 | 2.11x |
| S&P 500 | $2,104.49 | 2.10x |
| Gold | $2,303.29 | 2.30x |
| Savings (2% APY) | $1,076.98 | 1.08x |
Dividends
Over the last 12 months, the 3.00 shares you'd own now paid about $22.31 in dividends (about $1.86 a month). That's 2.2% of the $1,000 put in.
Price growth alone turned $1,000 into $2,008; reinvested dividends added the other $102.78, 9.3% of the gain.
Dividends from Yahoo Finance. Shares today assume every dividend was reinvested.
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) charges a yearly fee of 0.03%. It’s already taken out of the fund’s price, so the results above include it; at today’s rate it came to roughly $1.73 on this investment. Source
Back in 2023
- In 2023, a gallon of gas averaged $3.52 and the new iPhone 15 Pro started at $999. eia.govapple.com
- During 2023 itself, Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) rose 26%, #64 of the 113 investments we track. The best was Solana (+913%); the worst was AMC Entertainment (−84%). Full 2023 results →
$1,000 in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO), year by year
Of the 113 investments we track that were available at the start of 2023, Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) ranks #54 by growth to today — just behind Wells Fargo and ahead of S&P 500 ETF (SPY). See the full 2023 ranking →
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) started 2023 19% below its start-of-2022 high, after falling 19% in 2022. It has been worth more than the $1,000 put in at every January since, and still is today. Today's $2,111 is more than it was worth at any January since. It rose in 3 of the 3 full years since. It moved ahead of the same $1,000 in the S&P 500 at the start of 2025 and has stayed ahead since.
| When | Worth | Change | S&P 500 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start of 2023 | $1,000 | — | $1,000 |
| Start of 2024 | $1,260 | +26% | $1,263 |
| Start of 2025 | $1,581 | +25% | $1,579 |
| Start of 2026 | $1,871 | +18% | $1,861 |
| Today | $2,111 | +13% | $2,104 |
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 2023, Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) was priced at $332.96 (adjusted for later splits and dividends). $1,000 would have bought about 3.00 shares. VOO is Vanguard's low-cost S&P 500 index fund, launched in September 2010.
Measured from one January to the next, Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)'s best year since then was 2023 (+26%) and its weakest was 2025 (+18%).
Frequently Asked Questions
A $1,000 investment in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) at the start of 2023 would be worth approximately $2,110.55 today — a 2.11x return ($1,110.55 profit) over 3.7 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 2023 (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 of2023 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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