What if you invested in Uber in 2019?
UBER · Technology · Data through 2026-06-01
If you invested $1,000 in Uber in 2019
The same $1,000 in the S&P 500 would be worth $3,085(+208.5%)
The S&P 500 returned $3,085 on the same $1,000. S&P 500 outperformed by $1,299.
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Growth of $1,000
Uber vs. S&P 500 vs. US Dollar, 2019 to present
Year-by-Year Returns
$1,000 invested in Uber starting January 2019
| Year | Price | Value | Annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | $40.41 | $1,000 | - |
| 2020 | $36.29 | $898 | -10.2% |
| 2021 | $50.93 | $1,260 | +40.3% |
| 2022 | $37.40 | $926 | -26.6% |
| 2023 | $30.93 | $765 | -17.3% |
| 2024 | $65.27 | $1,615 | +111% |
| 2025 | $66.85 | $1,654 | +2.4% |
| 2026 | $80.05 | $1,981 | +19.7% |
What this return means
$1,000 placed in Uber (UBER) in 2019 is worth $1,786 now. The total return is +78.6% over 7.6 years, as of 2026-06-01.
That is only about 7.9% a year once you compound it across 7.6 years. A plain S&P 500 fund would have grown that $1,000 to about $3,085 instead, beating Uber by around $1,299. The index compounded at about 16% a year, a reminder that a single stock can lag a basket of them.
The path was not smooth. The best single year was 2024 at +111.0%, and the worst was 2022 at -26.6%. At its lowest point the position was down about 39% 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.
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 Uber at the close of every month from May 2019 through June 2026 means 86 buys and $8,600 contributed over about 7.2 years.
$100/month, dollar-cost averaged
$14,167
+64.7% on $8,600 in
Same $8,600, all in at the start
$15,357
+78.6% on $8,600 in
Going all in at the start beat spreading the buys out by $1,190. 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 $43.80 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 UBER split-adjusted monthly closes through June 2026. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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