What if you invested in Mastercard in 2006?
MA · Financial · Data through 2026-06-01
If you invested $1,000 in Mastercard in 2006
The same $1,000 in the S&P 500 would be worth $8,621(+762.1%)
The S&P 500 returned $8,621 on the same $1,000. Mastercard beat the market by $112,469.
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Year-by-Year Returns
$1,000 invested in Mastercard starting January 2006
| Year | Price | Value | Annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | $4.07 | $1,000 | - |
| 2007 | $10.12 | $2,485 | +148.5% |
| 2008 | $18.85 | $4,631 | +86.3% |
| 2009 | $12.40 | $3,047 | -34.2% |
| 2010 | $22.91 | $5,627 | +84.7% |
| 2011 | $21.73 | $5,339 | -5.1% |
| 2012 | $32.75 | $8,045 | +50.7% |
| 2013 | $47.86 | $11,757 | +46.1% |
| 2014 | $70.12 | $17,226 | +46.5% |
| 2015 | $76.45 | $18,780 | +9% |
| 2016 | $83.57 | $20,529 | +9.3% |
| 2017 | $100.61 | $24,716 | +20.4% |
| 2018 | $161.10 | $39,576 | +60.1% |
| 2019 | $202.35 | $49,710 | +25.6% |
| 2020 | $304.49 | $74,801 | +50.5% |
| 2021 | $306.47 | $75,287 | +0.7% |
| 2022 | $376.22 | $92,422 | +22.8% |
| 2023 | $362.97 | $89,167 | -3.5% |
| 2024 | $442.67 | $108,745 | +22% |
| 2025 | $550.48 | $135,230 | +24.4% |
| 2026 | $537.06 | $131,933 | -2.4% |
What this return means
$1,000 put into Mastercard (MA) in 2006 turned into $121,090. That is a +12,009% total return, or roughly 121x your money, measured through 2026-06-01.
In compound terms that is roughly 26.4% a year, well above what a broad index has historically returned. By comparison the S&P 500 returned about $8,621 on the same stake, putting Mastercard ahead by close to $112,469. The index compounded at about 11.1% a year over that period.
The path was not smooth. The best single year was 2007 at +148.5%, and the worst was 2009 at -34.2%. At its lowest point the position was down about 34% 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.
Treat this as history rather than advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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