Industrial Stock Returns
Historical returns for defense, aerospace, manufacturing, and industrial stocks. The same $1,000 in each, the cyclical names and the steady ones, with the full stretch of years behind every figure. 24 companies tracked.
#1AXON
Axon Enterprise
since 2001
$782K
per $1,000 invested
+78,113% total
#2SHW
Sherwin-Williams
since 2000
$80,991
per $1,000 invested
+7999.1% total
#3CAT
Caterpillar
since 2000
$74,982
per $1,000 invested
+7398.2% total
All Industrial investments
Best return per company. Click any row to see the full breakdown with interactive chart.
| # | Company | Since | $1K became |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Axon Enterprise | 2001 | $782K |
| 2 | Sherwin-Williams | 2000 | $80,991 |
| 3 | Caterpillar | 2000 | $74,982 |
| 4 | Lockheed Martin | 2000 | $53,940 |
| 5 | Deere & Company | 2000 | $50,564 |
| 6 | Northrop Grumman | 2000 | $36,946 |
| 7 | RTX (Raytheon) | 2000 | $19,431 |
| 8 | Rocket Lab | 2023 | $14,137 |
| 9 | FedEx | 2000 | $11,379 |
| 10 | Honeywell | 2005 | $10,236 |
| 11 | Kratos Defense | 2015 | $8,831 |
| 12 | 3M | 2000 | $8,640 |
| 13 | Huntington Ingalls | 2011 | $8,326 |
| 14 | Delta Air Lines | 2010 | $7,935 |
| 15 | Boeing | 2000 | $6,549 |
| 16 | AeroVironment | 2007 | $6,162 |
| 17 | Toyota | 1999 | $5,975 |
| 18 | GE Aerospace | 2010 | $5,629 |
| 19 | MP Materials | 2020 | $4,551 |
| 20 | UPS | 2000 | $3,404 |
| 21 | General Motors | 2015 | $3,101 |
| 22 | Ford | 2010 | $2,241 |
| 23 | Intuitive Machines | 2023 | $1,387 |
| 24 | Rivian | 2023 | $762 |
Returns shown are price return only. Dividends, taxes, and fees not included. Data sourced from Yahoo Finance. Not financial advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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