What if you invested in Microsoft in 2000?
MSFT · Technology · Data through 2026-06-01
If you invested $1,000 in Microsoft in 2000
The same $1,000 in the S&P 500 would be worth $8,631(+763.1%)
The S&P 500 returned $8,631 on the same $1,000. Microsoft beat the market by $6,840.
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Growth of $1,000
Microsoft vs. S&P 500 vs. US Dollar, 2000 to present
Year-by-Year Returns
$1,000 invested in Microsoft starting January 2000
| Year | Price | Value | Annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | $29.76 | $1,000 | - |
| 2001 | $18.57 | $624 | -37.6% |
| 2002 | $19.37 | $651 | +4.3% |
| 2003 | $14.43 | $485 | -25.5% |
| 2004 | $16.96 | $570 | +17.5% |
| 2005 | $18.02 | $606 | +6.2% |
| 2006 | $19.54 | $657 | +8.4% |
| 2007 | $21.73 | $730 | +11.2% |
| 2008 | $23.27 | $782 | +7.1% |
| 2009 | $12.43 | $418 | -46.6% |
| 2010 | $20.97 | $704 | +68.7% |
| 2011 | $21.06 | $708 | +0.5% |
| 2012 | $23.02 | $774 | +9.3% |
| 2013 | $22.01 | $739 | -4.4% |
| 2014 | $31.26 | $1,050 | +42% |
| 2015 | $34.28 | $1,152 | +9.7% |
| 2016 | $48.02 | $1,614 | +40.1% |
| 2017 | $57.90 | $1,946 | +20.6% |
| 2018 | $87.00 | $2,923 | +50.2% |
| 2019 | $97.28 | $3,269 | +11.8% |
| 2020 | $160.91 | $5,407 | +65.4% |
| 2021 | $221.59 | $7,446 | +37.7% |
| 2022 | $299.56 | $10,066 | +35.2% |
| 2023 | $240.95 | $8,096 | -19.6% |
| 2024 | $390.00 | $13,104 | +61.9% |
| 2025 | $410.19 | $13,783 | +5.2% |
| 2026 | $428.38 | $14,394 | +4.4% |
What this return means
Holding Microsoft (MSFT) from 2000 multiplied a $1,000 stake into $15,471. That works out to +1447.1%, about 15x the original stake, as of 2026-06-01.
That is about 10.9% a year compounded, broadly in line with long-run stock market averages. The same $1,000 in an S&P 500 index fund over the same span would be about $8,631, so Microsoft beat the index by roughly $6,840. The index compounded at about 8.5% a year over that period.
Getting here meant sitting through real volatility. The best single year was 2010 at +68.7%, and the worst was 2009 at -46.6%. At its lowest point the position was down about 58% 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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