What if you invested in Walmart in 2020?
WMT · Consumer · Data through 2026-06-01
If you invested $1,000 in Walmart in 2020
The same $1,000 in the S&P 500 would be worth $2,574(+157.4%)
The S&P 500 returned $2,574 on the same $1,000. Walmart beat the market by $689.
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Year-by-Year Returns
$1,000 invested in Walmart starting January 2020
| Year | Price | Value | Annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $34.93 | $1,000 | - |
| 2021 | $43.58 | $1,248 | +24.8% |
| 2022 | $44.06 | $1,261 | +1.1% |
| 2023 | $46.05 | $1,318 | +4.5% |
| 2024 | $53.70 | $1,537 | +16.6% |
| 2025 | $96.85 | $2,772 | +80.3% |
| 2026 | $118.67 | $3,397 | +22.5% |
What this return means
A $1,000 stake in Walmart (WMT) from 2020 has grown to $3,263. That is a +226.3% gain, a little over 3.3x your money, measured to 2026-06-01.
In compound terms that is roughly 20% a year, well above what a broad index has historically returned. By comparison the S&P 500 returned about $2,574 on the same stake, putting Walmart ahead by close to $689. The index compounded at about 15.7% a year over that period.
Getting here meant sitting through real volatility. The best single year was 2025 at +80.3%, and the worst was 2022 at +1.1%. 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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For informational and educational purposes only. Not financial advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results. All calculations are based on split-adjusted closing prices from Yahoo Finance and do not account for dividends, taxes, or trading fees. See our methodology and full disclaimer.