Stock Return/Purchase Date Calculator - Buying on Price Dips is Profitable
Use the calculator to see how buy-and-hold investing has performed for a specified investing period for any stock, exchange-traded fund (ETF) and mutual fund listed on a major U.S. stock exchange and supported by Alpha Vantage. Some stocks traded on non-U.S. exchanges are also supported. Indexes are not supported.
The calculator displays a chart of percent returns for a selected period for a given stock highlighting the profitable investment dates in green and the unprofitable ones in red.
The chart shows the percent return of each buy-and-hold investment for the period of purchase dates that you specify on the input form below. The percent return for each purchase date is computed using the following formula:
Percent return = ((Today's closing price - Purchase date closing price) / Purchase date closing price) * 100
The calculator assumes that the stock has been held since the purchase date so the percent return is valued as of the most current closing price.