What if you invested in Tesla in 2010?
TSLA · Technology · Data through 2026-06-01
If you invested $1,000 in Tesla in 2010
The same $1,000 in the S&P 500 would be worth $9,417(+841.7%)
The S&P 500 returned $9,417 on the same $1,000. Tesla beat the market by $255,717.
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Tesla vs. S&P 500 vs. US Dollar, 2010 to present
Year-by-Year Returns
$1,000 invested in Tesla starting January 2010
| Year | Price | Value | Annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | $1.59 | $1,000 | - |
| 2011 | $1.61 | $1,011 | +1.1% |
| 2012 | $1.94 | $1,220 | +20.6% |
| 2013 | $2.50 | $1,574 | +29% |
| 2014 | $12.09 | $7,613 | +383.6% |
| 2015 | $13.57 | $8,544 | +12.2% |
| 2016 | $12.75 | $8,024 | -6.1% |
| 2017 | $16.80 | $10,572 | +31.8% |
| 2018 | $23.62 | $14,868 | +40.6% |
| 2019 | $20.47 | $12,884 | -13.3% |
| 2020 | $43.37 | $27,300 | +111.9% |
| 2021 | $264.51 | $166,498 | +509.9% |
| 2022 | $312.24 | $196,542 | +18% |
| 2023 | $173.22 | $109,035 | -44.5% |
| 2024 | $187.29 | $117,891 | +8.1% |
| 2025 | $404.60 | $254,679 | +116% |
| 2026 | $430.41 | $270,925 | +6.4% |
What this return means
Tesla (TSLA) is one of the biggest winners on the site. That is a +26,413% total return, or roughly 265x your money, measured through 2026-06-01.
That is a compound rate of about 40.2% a year, an extreme pace that few holdings sustain for 16.5 years. The same $1,000 in an S&P 500 index fund over the same span would be about $9,417, so Tesla beat the index by roughly $255,717. The index compounded at about 14.6% a year over that period.
The path was not smooth. The best single year was 2021 at +509.9%, and the worst was 2023 at -44.5%. At its lowest point the position was down about 45% 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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