What if you invested in Nvidia in 2005?
NVDA · Technology · Data through 2026-06-01
If you invested $1,000 in Nvidia in 2005
The same $1,000 in the S&P 500 would be worth $9,466(+846.6%)
The S&P 500 returned $9,466 on the same $1,000. Nvidia beat the market by $1,245,831.
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Nvidia vs. S&P 500 vs. US Dollar, 2005 to present
Year-by-Year Returns
$1,000 invested in Nvidia starting January 2005
| Year | Price | Value | Annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | $0.18 | $1,000 | - |
| 2006 | $0.34 | $1,962 | +96.2% |
| 2007 | $0.47 | $2,675 | +36.3% |
| 2008 | $0.56 | $3,219 | +20.3% |
| 2009 | $0.18 | $1,041 | -67.7% |
| 2010 | $0.35 | $2,014 | +93.6% |
| 2011 | $0.55 | $3,131 | +55.4% |
| 2012 | $0.34 | $1,933 | -38.3% |
| 2013 | $0.28 | $1,615 | -16.5% |
| 2014 | $0.37 | $2,113 | +30.9% |
| 2015 | $0.46 | $2,631 | +24.5% |
| 2016 | $0.71 | $4,080 | +55.1% |
| 2017 | $2.69 | $15,354 | +276.3% |
| 2018 | $6.08 | $34,702 | +126% |
| 2019 | $3.56 | $20,351 | -41.4% |
| 2020 | $5.88 | $33,603 | +65.1% |
| 2021 | $12.95 | $73,970 | +120.1% |
| 2022 | $24.44 | $139,557 | +88.7% |
| 2023 | $19.52 | $111,455 | -20.1% |
| 2024 | $61.49 | $351,156 | +215.1% |
| 2025 | $120.03 | $685,475 | +95.2% |
| 2026 | $191.12 | $1,091,452 | +59.2% |
What this return means
A single $1,000 stake in Nvidia (NVDA) at the start of 2005 is now $1,255,297. That is a +125,430% total return, or roughly 1,255x your money, measured through 2026-06-01.
That is a compound rate of about 39.4% a year, an extreme pace that few holdings sustain for 21.5 years. The same $1,000 in an S&P 500 index fund over the same span would be about $9,466, so Nvidia beat the index by roughly $1,245,831. The index compounded at about 11% a year over that period.
Getting here meant sitting through real volatility. The best single year was 2017 at +276.3%, and the worst was 2009 at -67.7%. At its lowest point the position was down about 68% 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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