What if you invested in Alphabet (Google) in 2005?
GOOGL · Technology · Data through 2026-06-01
If you invested $1,000 in Alphabet (Google) in 2005
The same $1,000 in the S&P 500 would be worth $9,466(+846.6%)
The S&P 500 returned $9,466 on the same $1,000. Alphabet (Google) beat the market by $67,895.
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Alphabet (Google) vs. S&P 500 vs. US Dollar, 2005 to present
Year-by-Year Returns
$1,000 invested in Alphabet (Google) starting January 2005
| Year | Price | Value | Annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | $4.86 | $1,000 | - |
| 2006 | $10.74 | $2,212 | +121.2% |
| 2007 | $12.45 | $2,564 | +15.9% |
| 2008 | $14.01 | $2,885 | +12.5% |
| 2009 | $8.40 | $1,731 | -40% |
| 2010 | $13.15 | $2,709 | +56.5% |
| 2011 | $14.90 | $3,069 | +13.3% |
| 2012 | $14.40 | $2,965 | -3.4% |
| 2013 | $18.76 | $3,863 | +30.3% |
| 2014 | $29.31 | $6,037 | +56.3% |
| 2015 | $26.66 | $5,490 | -9.1% |
| 2016 | $37.76 | $7,776 | +41.6% |
| 2017 | $40.67 | $8,377 | +7.7% |
| 2018 | $58.63 | $12,075 | +44.1% |
| 2019 | $55.83 | $11,499 | -4.8% |
| 2020 | $71.05 | $14,634 | +27.3% |
| 2021 | $90.62 | $18,664 | +27.5% |
| 2022 | $134.19 | $27,639 | +48.1% |
| 2023 | $98.03 | $20,190 | -26.9% |
| 2024 | $138.95 | $28,619 | +41.7% |
| 2025 | $203.08 | $41,827 | +46.2% |
| 2026 | $337.76 | $69,566 | +66.3% |
What this return means
Holding Alphabet (Google) (GOOGL) from 2005 multiplied a $1,000 stake into $77,361. That works out to +7636.1%, about 77x the original stake, as of 2026-06-01.
In compound terms that is roughly 22.4% a year, well above what a broad index has historically returned. By comparison the S&P 500 returned about $9,466 on the same stake, putting Alphabet (Google) ahead by close to $67,895. The index compounded at about 11% a year over that period.
Getting here meant sitting through real volatility. The best single year was 2006 at +121.2%, and the worst was 2009 at -40.0%. At its lowest point the position was down about 40% from an earlier high. These figures use split-adjusted closing prices and exclude dividends, taxes, trading fees, and inflation, so a real after-tax result would differ.
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