What if you invested in Meta (Facebook) in 2023?
META · Technology · Data through 2026-06-01
If you invested $1,000 in Meta (Facebook) in 2023
The same $1,000 in the S&P 500 would be worth $1,942(+94.2%)
The S&P 500 returned $1,942 on the same $1,000. Meta (Facebook) beat the market by $2,225.
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Meta (Facebook) vs. S&P 500 vs. US Dollar, 2023 to present
Year-by-Year Returns
$1,000 invested in Meta (Facebook) starting January 2023
| Year | Price | Value | Annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $147.81 | $1,000 | - |
| 2024 | $387.10 | $2,619 | +161.9% |
| 2025 | $686.43 | $4,644 | +77.3% |
| 2026 | $715.89 | $4,843 | +4.3% |
What this return means
Putting $1,000 into Meta (Facebook) (META) in 2023 returned $4,167. That is a +316.7% gain, a little over 4.2x your money, measured to 2026-06-01.
That is a compound rate of about 50.3% a year, an extreme pace that few holdings sustain for 3.5 years. By comparison the S&P 500 returned about $1,942 on the same stake, putting Meta (Facebook) ahead by close to $2,225. The index compounded at about 20.9% a year over that period.
The year-by-year record shows how bumpy the ride was. The best single year was 2024 at +161.9%, and the worst was 2025 at +77.3%. 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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