What if you invested in Mastercard in 2015?
MA · Financial · Data through 2026-06-01
If you invested $1,000 in Mastercard in 2015
The same $1,000 in the S&P 500 would be worth $4,581(+358.1%)
The S&P 500 returned $4,581 on the same $1,000. Mastercard beat the market by $1,867.
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Year-by-Year Returns
$1,000 invested in Mastercard starting January 2015
| Year | Price | Value | Annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | $76.45 | $1,000 | - |
| 2016 | $83.57 | $1,093 | +9.3% |
| 2017 | $100.61 | $1,316 | +20.4% |
| 2018 | $161.10 | $2,107 | +60.1% |
| 2019 | $202.35 | $2,647 | +25.6% |
| 2020 | $304.49 | $3,983 | +50.5% |
| 2021 | $306.47 | $4,009 | +0.7% |
| 2022 | $376.22 | $4,921 | +22.8% |
| 2023 | $362.97 | $4,748 | -3.5% |
| 2024 | $442.67 | $5,791 | +22% |
| 2025 | $550.48 | $7,201 | +24.4% |
| 2026 | $537.06 | $7,025 | -2.4% |
What this return means
$1,000 invested in Mastercard (MA) in 2015 is worth $6,448 today. That is a +544.8% gain, a little over 6.4x your money, measured to 2026-06-01.
In compound terms that is roughly 17.6% a year, well above what a broad index has historically returned. A plain S&P 500 fund would have turned that $1,000 into about $4,581 instead, leaving Mastercard ahead by around $1,867. The index compounded at about 14.2% a year over that period.
The year-by-year record shows how bumpy the ride was. The best single year was 2018 at +60.1%, and the worst was 2023 at -3.5%. 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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