If I'd invested in Nvidia since 2016
$1,000 put into Nvidia at the end of 2016 would be worth about $76,850 today — a 76.9× return, or roughly 58.6% a year. Change the amount below to run your own number.
You'd have
$76,850
from $1,000 invested — up 7585%.
The story behind the number
Nvidia since 2016 has been a fairly steady climb. $1,000 put in at the end of 2016 grew to $76,850 — a 76.9× return, or about 58.6% a year. That beat the S&P 500, which turned the same $1,000 into $3,318 — you'd have come out roughly 23.2× ahead of simply buying the index.
The ride mattered as much as the destination. The strongest single year was 2017, up 38%; the worst was 2022, down 32%.
Holding on took nerve: the position fell as much as 63% from its 2021 peak to its 2022 low, before climbing back above that high by 2023. Inflation takes a bite, too — consumer prices rose about 38% over the period, so in today's money the result is closer to 55.8× what you put in.
Common questions
- How much would I have if I'd invested $1,000 in Nvidia in 2016?
- $1,000 invested in Nvidia at the end of 2016 would be worth about $76,850 today — a 76.9× return, or roughly 58.6% per year.
- What were the best and worst years for Nvidia since 2016?
- The best year was 2017, up about 38%. The toughest was 2022, when it fell about 32%. Across the window, 41 of 114 years finished lower than they started.
- What was the biggest drop along the way?
- The steepest decline was about 63%, from a peak in 2021 to a low in 2022, with the value recovering above its prior high by 2023.
- Would I have done better in S&P 500?
- No — the S&P 500 turned $1,000 into about $3,318 over the same window, while Nvidia reached $76,850. Nvidia came out ahead.
The chart above shows the whole journey, not just the destination. Try switching to a bit each year to see how spreading your buying would have changed the outcome — or skip the latte to find out what a small daily habit could have grown into instead.
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