What if you invested in Shopify in 2015?
SHOP · Technology · Data through 2026-06-01
If you invested $1,000 in Shopify in 2015
The same $1,000 in the S&P 500 would be worth $4,521(+352.1%)
The S&P 500 returned $4,521 on the same $1,000. Shopify beat the market by $37,457.
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Shopify vs. S&P 500 vs. US Dollar, 2015 to present
Year-by-Year Returns
$1,000 invested in Shopify starting January 2015
| Year | Price | Value | Annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | $2.72 | $1,000 | - |
| 2016 | $2.32 | $854 | -14.6% |
| 2017 | $5.08 | $1,868 | +118.9% |
| 2018 | $12.79 | $4,703 | +151.7% |
| 2019 | $16.85 | $6,194 | +31.7% |
| 2020 | $46.57 | $17,120 | +176.4% |
| 2021 | $109.86 | $40,389 | +135.9% |
| 2022 | $96.42 | $35,450 | -12.2% |
| 2023 | $49.27 | $18,114 | -48.9% |
| 2024 | $80.07 | $29,438 | +62.5% |
| 2025 | $116.80 | $42,941 | +45.9% |
| 2026 | $131.23 | $48,246 | +12.4% |
What this return means
$1,000 in Shopify (SHOP) in 2015 grew to $41,978. That works out to +4097.8%, about 42x the original stake, as of 2026-06-01.
That is a compound rate of about 38.1% a year, an extreme pace that few holdings sustain for 11.6 years. The same $1,000 in an S&P 500 index fund over the same span would be about $4,521, so Shopify beat the index by roughly $37,457. The index compounded at about 13.9% a year over that period.
Getting here meant sitting through real volatility. The best single year was 2020 at +176.4%, and the worst was 2023 at -48.9%. At its lowest point the position was down about 55% 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.
What if you invested $100 a month instead?
Most people do not drop a lump sum in on day one. They add a fixed amount every month. Putting $100 into Shopify at the close of every month from May 2015 through June 2026 means 134 buys and $13,400 contributed over about 11.2 years.
$100/month, dollar-cost averaged
$116,175
+767.0% on $13,400 in
Same $13,400, all in at the start
$562,504
+4,097.8% on $13,400 in
Going all in at the start beat spreading the buys out by $446,329. That is the usual result when a stock trends up: each monthly buy pays a higher price than the last, so the average cost climbs. Averaging in also meant an average buy price of $13.17 per share across the whole stretch, so the monthly buyer never had to time a single low. Neither number counts dividends, taxes, or trading costs.
Illustrative fixed $100/month example, not a recommendation. Figures are computed from SHOP split-adjusted monthly closes through June 2026. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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