What if you invested in Visa in 2010?
V · Financial · Data through 2026-06-01
If you invested $1,000 in Visa 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. Visa beat the market by $8,203.
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Growth of $1,000
Visa vs. S&P 500 vs. US Dollar, 2010 to present
Year-by-Year Returns
$1,000 invested in Visa starting January 2010
| Year | Price | Value | Annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | $18.21 | $1,000 | - |
| 2011 | $15.61 | $857 | -14.3% |
| 2012 | $22.67 | $1,245 | +45.2% |
| 2013 | $35.85 | $1,969 | +58.1% |
| 2014 | $49.29 | $2,707 | +37.5% |
| 2015 | $58.76 | $3,227 | +19.2% |
| 2016 | $69.16 | $3,798 | +17.7% |
| 2017 | $77.38 | $4,250 | +11.9% |
| 2018 | $117.05 | $6,428 | +51.3% |
| 2019 | $128.05 | $7,032 | +9.4% |
| 2020 | $189.92 | $10,431 | +48.3% |
| 2021 | $185.60 | $10,193 | -2.3% |
| 2022 | $218.55 | $12,003 | +17.8% |
| 2023 | $224.14 | $12,310 | +2.6% |
| 2024 | $268.16 | $14,728 | +19.6% |
| 2025 | $337.99 | $18,562 | +26% |
| 2026 | $320.50 | $17,602 | -5.2% |
What this return means
$1,000 in Visa (V) in 2010 grew to $17,620. That works out to +1662.0%, about 18x the original stake, as of 2026-06-01.
In compound terms that is roughly 19% a year, well above what a broad index has historically returned. A plain S&P 500 fund would have turned that $1,000 into about $9,417 instead, leaving Visa ahead by around $8,203. The index compounded at about 14.6% a year over that period.
Getting here meant sitting through real volatility. The best single year was 2013 at +58.1%, and the worst was 2011 at -14.3%. 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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