What if you invested in Nike in 2015?
NKE · Consumer · Data through 2026-06-01
If you invested $1,000 in Nike 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. S&P 500 outperformed by $3,430.
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Year-by-Year Returns
$1,000 invested in Nike starting January 2015
| Year | Price | Value | Annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | $39.91 | $1,000 | - |
| 2016 | $54.22 | $1,359 | +35.9% |
| 2017 | $46.81 | $1,173 | -13.7% |
| 2018 | $61.17 | $1,533 | +30.7% |
| 2019 | $74.25 | $1,861 | +21.4% |
| 2020 | $88.25 | $2,211 | +18.9% |
| 2021 | $123.58 | $3,097 | +40% |
| 2022 | $138.01 | $3,458 | +11.7% |
| 2023 | $119.95 | $3,006 | -13.1% |
| 2024 | $96.88 | $2,428 | -19.2% |
| 2025 | $74.64 | $1,870 | -23% |
| 2026 | $61.40 | $1,539 | -17.7% |
What this return means
A $1,000 stake in Nike (NKE) from 2015 sits at $1,151 today. The total return is +15.1% over 11.5 years, as of 2026-06-01.
That is only about 1.2% a year once you compound it across 11.5 years. The same $1,000 in an S&P 500 index fund would be about $4,581 over the identical span, so the index came out ahead by roughly $3,430. The index compounded at about 14.2% a year, a reminder that a single stock can lag a basket of them.
The path was not smooth. The best single year was 2021 at +40.0%, and the worst was 2025 at -23.0%. At its lowest point the position was down about 56% 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.
None of this is a recommendation. It is a record of what already happened, and past performance does not guarantee future results.
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