What if you invested in Visa in 2015?
V · Financial · Data through 2026-06-01
If you invested $1,000 in Visa in 2015
The same $1,000 in the S&P 500 would be worth $4,581(+358.1%)
The S&P 500 returned $4,581 on the same $1,000. Visa beat the market by $879.
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Year-by-Year Returns
$1,000 invested in Visa starting January 2015
| Year | Price | Value | Annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | $58.76 | $1,000 | - |
| 2016 | $69.16 | $1,177 | +17.7% |
| 2017 | $77.38 | $1,317 | +11.9% |
| 2018 | $117.05 | $1,992 | +51.3% |
| 2019 | $128.05 | $2,179 | +9.4% |
| 2020 | $189.92 | $3,232 | +48.3% |
| 2021 | $185.60 | $3,159 | -2.3% |
| 2022 | $218.55 | $3,720 | +17.8% |
| 2023 | $224.14 | $3,815 | +2.6% |
| 2024 | $268.16 | $4,564 | +19.6% |
| 2025 | $337.99 | $5,752 | +26% |
| 2026 | $320.50 | $5,455 | -5.2% |
What this return means
Putting $1,000 into Visa (V) in 2015 returned $5,460. That is a +446.0% gain, a little over 5.5x your money, measured to 2026-06-01.
In compound terms that is roughly 15.9% a year, well above what a broad index has historically returned. By comparison the S&P 500 returned about $4,581 on the same stake, putting Visa ahead by close to $879. The index compounded at about 14.2% a year over that period.
The year-by-year record shows how bumpy the ride was. The best single year was 2018 at +51.3%, and the worst was 2021 at -2.3%. 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.
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