What if you invested in Walmart in 2005?
WMT · Consumer · Data through 2026-06-01
If you invested $1,000 in Walmart in 2005
The same $1,000 in the S&P 500 would be worth $9,466(+846.6%)
The S&P 500 returned $9,466 on the same $1,000. Walmart beat the market by $479.
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Year-by-Year Returns
$1,000 invested in Walmart starting January 2005
| Year | Price | Value | Annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | $11.46 | $1,000 | - |
| 2006 | $10.21 | $891 | -10.9% |
| 2007 | $10.72 | $935 | +5% |
| 2008 | $11.62 | $1,014 | +8.4% |
| 2009 | $10.98 | $958 | -5.5% |
| 2010 | $12.72 | $1,110 | +15.9% |
| 2011 | $13.65 | $1,191 | +7.4% |
| 2012 | $15.35 | $1,340 | +12.4% |
| 2013 | $17.93 | $1,565 | +16.8% |
| 2014 | $19.62 | $1,712 | +9.4% |
| 2015 | $22.88 | $1,996 | +16.6% |
| 2016 | $18.36 | $1,602 | -19.7% |
| 2017 | $19.00 | $1,658 | +3.5% |
| 2018 | $31.14 | $2,717 | +63.9% |
| 2019 | $28.66 | $2,501 | -8% |
| 2020 | $34.93 | $3,048 | +21.9% |
| 2021 | $43.58 | $3,803 | +24.8% |
| 2022 | $44.06 | $3,845 | +1.1% |
| 2023 | $46.05 | $4,018 | +4.5% |
| 2024 | $53.70 | $4,686 | +16.6% |
| 2025 | $96.85 | $8,451 | +80.3% |
| 2026 | $118.67 | $10,355 | +22.5% |
What this return means
$1,000 invested in Walmart (WMT) in 2005 is worth $9,946 today. That is a +894.6% gain, a little over 9.9x your money, measured to 2026-06-01.
That is about 11.3% a year compounded, broadly in line with long-run stock market averages. The same $1,000 in an S&P 500 index fund over the same span would be about $9,466, so Walmart beat the index by roughly $479. The index compounded at about 11% a year over that period.
The path was not smooth. The best single year was 2025 at +80.3%, and the worst was 2016 at -19.7%. 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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