What if you invested in Meta (Facebook) in 2012?
META · Technology · Data through 2026-06-01
If you invested $1,000 in Meta (Facebook) in 2012
The same $1,000 in the S&P 500 would be worth $7,398(+639.8%)
The S&P 500 returned $7,398 on the same $1,000. Meta (Facebook) beat the market by $13,572.
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Meta (Facebook) vs. S&P 500 vs. US Dollar, 2012 to present
Year-by-Year Returns
$1,000 invested in Meta (Facebook) starting January 2012
| Year | Price | Value | Annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | $29.37 | $1,000 | - |
| 2013 | $30.74 | $1,047 | +4.7% |
| 2014 | $62.08 | $2,114 | +102% |
| 2015 | $75.32 | $2,565 | +21.3% |
| 2016 | $111.34 | $3,791 | +47.8% |
| 2017 | $129.31 | $4,403 | +16.1% |
| 2018 | $185.43 | $6,314 | +43.4% |
| 2019 | $165.39 | $5,631 | -10.8% |
| 2020 | $200.34 | $6,821 | +21.1% |
| 2021 | $256.32 | $8,727 | +27.9% |
| 2022 | $310.82 | $10,583 | +21.3% |
| 2023 | $147.81 | $5,033 | -52.4% |
| 2024 | $387.10 | $13,180 | +161.9% |
| 2025 | $686.43 | $23,372 | +77.3% |
| 2026 | $715.89 | $24,375 | +4.3% |
What this return means
A $1,000 position in Meta (Facebook) (META) opened in 2012 is worth $20,970 today. That works out to +1997.0%, about 21x the original stake, as of 2026-06-01.
In compound terms that is roughly 23.4% 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 $7,398 instead, leaving Meta (Facebook) ahead by around $13,572. The index compounded at about 14.8% a year over that period.
Getting here meant sitting through real volatility. The best single year was 2024 at +161.9%, and the worst was 2023 at -52.4%. At its lowest point the position was down about 52% 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.
This is historical math, not financial advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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