What if you invested in Johnson & Johnson in 2005?
JNJ · Healthcare · Data through 2026-06-01
If you invested $1,000 in Johnson & Johnson 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. S&P 500 outperformed by $3,132.
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Year-by-Year Returns
$1,000 invested in Johnson & Johnson starting January 2005
| Year | Price | Value | Annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | $35.13 | $1,000 | - |
| 2006 | $31.86 | $907 | -9.3% |
| 2007 | $37.86 | $1,078 | +18.8% |
| 2008 | $36.70 | $1,045 | -3.1% |
| 2009 | $34.50 | $982 | -6% |
| 2010 | $38.85 | $1,106 | +12.6% |
| 2011 | $38.24 | $1,089 | -1.6% |
| 2012 | $43.71 | $1,244 | +14.3% |
| 2013 | $50.83 | $1,447 | +16.3% |
| 2014 | $62.69 | $1,784 | +23.3% |
| 2015 | $72.92 | $2,076 | +16.3% |
| 2016 | $78.31 | $2,229 | +7.4% |
| 2017 | $87.31 | $2,485 | +11.5% |
| 2018 | $109.31 | $3,111 | +25.2% |
| 2019 | $108.12 | $3,078 | -1.1% |
| 2020 | $124.36 | $3,540 | +15% |
| 2021 | $139.98 | $3,984 | +12.6% |
| 2022 | $151.56 | $4,314 | +8.3% |
| 2023 | $147.54 | $4,200 | -2.7% |
| 2024 | $147.81 | $4,207 | +0.2% |
| 2025 | $146.01 | $4,156 | -1.2% |
| 2026 | $224.76 | $6,398 | +53.9% |
What this return means
Putting $1,000 into Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) in 2005 returned $6,335. That is a +533.5% gain, a little over 6.3x your money, measured to 2026-06-01.
That is about 9% a year compounded, broadly in line with long-run stock market averages. The same $1,000 in an S&P 500 index fund would be about $9,466 over the identical span, so the index came out ahead by roughly $3,132. The index compounded at about 11% a year, a reminder that a single stock can lag a basket of them.
Getting here meant sitting through real volatility. The best single year was 2018 at +25.2%, and the worst was 2006 at -9.3%. These figures use split-adjusted closing prices and exclude dividends, taxes, trading fees, and inflation, so a real after-tax result would differ.
None of this is a recommendation. It is a record of what already happened, and past performance does not guarantee future results.
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