What if you invested in Toyota in 1999?
TM · Industrial · Data through 2026-06-01
If you invested $1,000 in Toyota in 1999
The same $1,000 in the S&P 500 would be worth $9,412(+841.2%)
The S&P 500 returned $9,412 on the same $1,000. S&P 500 outperformed by $3,900.
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Toyota vs. S&P 500 vs. US Dollar, 1999 to present
Year-by-Year Returns
$1,000 invested in Toyota starting January 1999
| Year | Price | Value | Annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | $30.56 | $1,000 | - |
| 2000 | $51.09 | $1,672 | +67.2% |
| 2001 | $40.05 | $1,311 | -21.6% |
| 2002 | $30.98 | $1,014 | -22.7% |
| 2003 | $28.51 | $933 | -8% |
| 2004 | $40.03 | $1,310 | +40.4% |
| 2005 | $47.68 | $1,560 | +19.1% |
| 2006 | $64.16 | $2,100 | +34.6% |
| 2007 | $82.90 | $2,713 | +29.2% |
| 2008 | $69.41 | $2,272 | -16.3% |
| 2009 | $41.85 | $1,370 | -39.7% |
| 2010 | $51.67 | $1,691 | +23.5% |
| 2011 | $56.09 | $1,836 | +8.6% |
| 2012 | $51.00 | $1,669 | -9.1% |
| 2013 | $67.31 | $2,203 | +32% |
| 2014 | $82.75 | $2,708 | +22.9% |
| 2015 | $95.63 | $3,130 | +15.6% |
| 2016 | $91.61 | $2,998 | -4.2% |
| 2017 | $91.38 | $2,991 | -0.3% |
| 2018 | $112.49 | $3,681 | +23.1% |
| 2019 | $103.66 | $3,392 | -7.8% |
| 2020 | $118.42 | $3,875 | +14.2% |
| 2021 | $123.82 | $4,052 | +4.6% |
| 2022 | $179.71 | $5,881 | +45.1% |
| 2023 | $136.58 | $4,470 | -24% |
| 2024 | $190.88 | $6,247 | +39.8% |
| 2025 | $185.28 | $6,064 | -2.9% |
| 2026 | $226.86 | $7,424 | +22.4% |
What this return means
Putting $1,000 into Toyota (TM) in 1999 returned $5,512. That is a +451.2% gain, a little over 5.5x your money, measured to 2026-06-01.
That is only about 6.4% a year once you compound it across 27.6 years. The same $1,000 in an S&P 500 index fund would be about $9,412 over the identical span, so the index came out ahead by roughly $3,900. The index compounded at about 8.5% a year, a reminder that a single stock can lag a basket of them.
The year-by-year record shows how bumpy the ride was. The best single year was 2000 at +67.2%, and the worst was 2009 at -39.7%. At its lowest point the position was down about 50% 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.
Treat this as history rather than 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 Toyota at the close of every month from January 1999 through June 2026 means 330 buys and $33,000 contributed over about 27.5 years.
$100/month, dollar-cost averaged
$85,111
+157.9% on $33,000 in
Same $33,000, all in at the start
$181,867
+451.1% on $33,000 in
Going all in at the start beat spreading the buys out by $96,756. 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 $65.30 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 TM split-adjusted monthly closes through June 2026. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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