What if you invested in Microsoft in 2015?
MSFT · Technology · Data through 2026-06-01
If you invested $1,000 in Microsoft 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. Microsoft beat the market by $8,849.
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Year-by-Year Returns
$1,000 invested in Microsoft starting January 2015
| Year | Price | Value | Annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | $34.28 | $1,000 | - |
| 2016 | $48.02 | $1,401 | +40.1% |
| 2017 | $57.90 | $1,689 | +20.6% |
| 2018 | $87.00 | $2,537 | +50.2% |
| 2019 | $97.28 | $2,837 | +11.8% |
| 2020 | $160.91 | $4,693 | +65.4% |
| 2021 | $221.59 | $6,463 | +37.7% |
| 2022 | $299.56 | $8,738 | +35.2% |
| 2023 | $240.95 | $7,028 | -19.6% |
| 2024 | $390.00 | $11,375 | +61.9% |
| 2025 | $410.19 | $11,964 | +5.2% |
| 2026 | $428.38 | $12,495 | +4.4% |
What this return means
Holding Microsoft (MSFT) from 2015 multiplied a $1,000 stake into $13,430. That works out to +1243.0%, about 13x the original stake, as of 2026-06-01.
In compound terms that is roughly 25.3% a year, well above what a broad index has historically returned. The same $1,000 in an S&P 500 index fund over the same span would be about $4,581, so Microsoft beat the index by roughly $8,849. 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 2020 at +65.4%, and the worst was 2023 at -19.6%. 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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