Making Money with Stocks (Sorted by Current Value)
Here is a table of sorted current values (highest to lowest) of a $1,000 investment made 10 years ago for 86 stocks. Some stocks turned the $1,000 investment into huge profits.
Other stocks produced more modest returns or lost money.
| Making Money with Stocks |
|---|
Stock & Return | Symbol
& Snapshot | Current Value
(A_Z) |
| NVDIA |
NVDA | $359,743 |
| PayPal |
PYPL | $138,972 |
| Advanced Micro Devices |
AMD | $88,963 |
| Shopify |
SHOP | $31,719 |
| Broadcom |
AVGO | $29,835 |
| ProShares UltraPro QQQ |
TQQQ | $17,258 |
| Tesla |
TSLA | $17,056 |
| Lam Research |
LRCX | $14,481 |
| Microsoft |
MSFT | $12,942 |
| VanEck Vectors Semiconductor ETF |
SMH | $12,168 |
| Applied Materials |
AMAT | $11,721 |
| Netflix |
NFLX | $10,135 |
| iShares Semiconductor ETF |
SOXX | $9,049 |
| Meta Platforms |
META | $8,021 |
| Amazon |
AMZN | $8,010 |
| Costco |
COST | $7,814 |
| Apple |
AAPL | $7,449 |
| Coinbase Global |
COIN | $6,622 |
| Marvell Technology |
MRVL | $6,593 |
| Mastercard |
MA | $6,105 |
| Boston Scientific |
BSX | $6,079 |
| Micron Technology |
MU | $5,802 |
| Alphabet |
GOOGL | $5,787 |
| JPMorgan Chase |
JPM | $5,549 |
| Invesco QQQ Trust |
QQQ | $5,343 |
| Wal-Mart |
WMT | $4,977 |
| Visa |
V | $4,829 |
| Texas Instruments |
TXN | $4,755 |
| Morgan Stanley |
MS | $4,738 |
| Intercontinental Exchange |
ICE | $4,600 |
| CME Group |
CME | $4,368 |
| Adobe Systems |
ADBE | $4,241 |
| Goldman Sachs |
GS | $4,230 |
| TJX Companies |
TJX | $4,151 |
| Home Depot |
HD | $4,042 |
| Lowe's |
LOW | $3,919 |
| CSX |
CSX | $3,914 |
| McDonald's |
MCD | $3,888 |
| Freeport-McMoRan |
FCX | $3,733 |
| ARK Innovation ETF |
ARKK | $3,659 |
| SPDR S&P 500 ETF |
SPY | $3,507 |
| salesforce.com |
CRM | $3,451 |
| Berkshire Hathaway |
BRK-A | $3,324 |
| Cisco Systems |
CSCO | $3,221 |
| Bank of America |
BAC | $3,163 |
| Ulta Beauty |
ULTA | $3,058 |
| Union Pacific |
UNP | $2,811 |
| Spotify |
SPOT | $2,662 |
| Chevron |
CVX | $2,630 |
| Protor & Gamble |
PG | $2,593 |
| ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF |
NOBL | $2,478 |
| General Electric |
GE | $2,470 |
| Barrick Gold |
GOLD | $2,408 |
| Invesco Hi Yd Dividend Achievers ETF |
PEY | $2,322 |
| Coca-Cola |
KO | $2,299 |
| Amgen |
AMGN | $2,250 |
| Johnson & Johnson |
JNJ | $2,205 |
| Exxon Mobil |
XOM | $2,147 |
| General Motors |
GM | $2,109 |
| Citigroup |
C | $2,081 |
| Snowflake |
SNOW | $2,004 |
| PepsiCo |
PEP | $1,944 |
| Genuine Parts |
GPC | $1,920 |
| Merck & Co |
MRK | $1,917 |
| AT&T |
T | $1,915 |
| Starbucks |
SBUX | $1,831 |
| Wells Fargo |
WFC | $1,786 |
| Zoom |
ZM | $1,743 |
| Boeing |
BA | $1,738 |
| Target |
TGT | $1,628 |
| Colgate-Palmolive |
CL | $1,550 |
| Verizon |
VZ | $1,540 |
| Nike |
NKE | $1,461 |
| Clorox |
CLX | $1,439 |
| Gilead Sciences |
GILD | $1,358 |
| Ford Motor Company |
F | $1,182 |
| Pfizer |
PFE | $1,056 |
| Walt Disney Co |
DIS | $1,053 |
| Regeneron |
REGN | $1,012 |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb |
BMY | $936 |
| Intel |
INTC | $856 |
| Biogen |
BIIB | $413 |
| Moderna |
MRNA | $289 |
| Unity Software |
U | $179 |
| Roku |
ROKU | $179 |
| Teladoc Health |
TDOC | $113 |
Current value results use monthly closing prices adjusted for splits
and dividends from Alpha Vantage as of Aug-02-2025. |
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*Note: If a stock has less than 10 years of price data, the current value is based on all years of price data from Alpha Vantage. Values are based on the most recent monthy closing prices from Alpha Vantage. Prices are adjusted for splits and dividends. The Return Details table uses the most recent monthly closes.
