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 85 stocks. Some stocks turned the $1,000 investment into huge profits. Other stocks produced more modest returns or lost money.

Making Money with 85 Stocks

Stock & Return

Symbol
& Snapshot

Current Value
(A_Z)

NVDIA NVDA$196,085
Advanced Micro Devices AMD$35,735
Broadcom AVGO$25,294
ProShares UltraPro QQQ TQQQ$21,959
Lam Research LRCX$17,720
PayPal PYPL$13,864
Tesla TSLA$12,988
Netflix NFLX$12,284
Amazon AMZN$12,147
Applied Materials AMAT$11,879
Microsoft MSFT$11,627
VanEck Vectors Semiconductor ETF SMH$10,683
Apple AAPL$9,321
iShares Semiconductor ETF SOXX$9,120
Costco COST$7,857
Adobe Systems ADBE$7,725
Meta Platforms META$7,396
Mastercard MA$6,377
Alphabet GOOGL$6,230
Lowe's LOW$5,979
Visa V$5,665
Home Depot HD$5,316
Invesco QQQ Trust QQQ$5,309
salesforce.com CRM$5,275
Texas Instruments TXN$5,029
Marvell Technology MRVL$4,707
Coinbase Global COIN$4,643
Ulta Beauty ULTA$4,530
JPMorgan Chase JPM$4,523
CME Group CME$4,407
Micron Technology MU$4,379
CSX CSX$4,185
Morgan Stanley MS$3,878
TJX Companies TJX$3,746
Intercontinental Exchange ICE$3,521
McDonald's MCD$3,500
Target TGT$3,400
Amgen AMGN$3,285
Goldman Sachs GS$3,273
SPDR S&P 500 ETF SPY$3,212
Regeneron REGN$3,158
Berkshire Hathaway BRK-A$3,137
Merck & Co MRK$3,119
Union Pacific UNP$3,107
Bank of America BAC$2,964
Nike NKE$2,828
Wal-Mart WMT$2,771
Cisco Systems CSCO$2,766
PepsiCo PEP$2,724
ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF NOBL$2,666
Protor & Gamble PG$2,641
Starbucks SBUX$2,555
Invesco Hi Yd Dividend Achievers ETF PEY$2,435
Genuine Parts GPC$2,374
ARK Innovation ETF ARKK$2,304
Coca-Cola KO$2,087
Clorox CLX$2,023
Chevron CVX$1,951
Johnson & Johnson JNJ$1,943
Exxon Mobil XOM$1,750
Colgate-Palmolive CL$1,743
General Motors GM$1,691
Citigroup C$1,635
Boeing BA$1,613
Wells Fargo WFC$1,609
Freeport-McMoRan FCX$1,598
Walt Disney Co DIS$1,546
Snowflake SNOW$1,542
Intel INTC$1,506
General Electric GE$1,499
Zoom ZM$1,498
Verizon VZ$1,366
Pfizer PFE$1,362
Moderna MRNA$1,304
Spotify SPOT$1,229
Ford Motor Company F$1,203
Bristol-Myers Squibb BMY$1,177
AT&T T$1,137
Gilead Sciences GILD$1,131
Barrick Gold GOLD$1,111
Shopify SHOP$990
Biogen BIIB$743
Teladoc Health TDOC$203
Roku ROKU$134
Unity Software U$132
Current value results use monthly closing prices adjusted for splits
and dividends from Alpha Vantage as of May-02-2024.

*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.

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