$1,000 invested Alphabet Inc. (2016)
NASDAQ · GOOGL · reinvest dividends · adjusted close
●Result2016-01-04 — 2026-10-15
Today you would have
$9,273
+$8,273 (+827.28%)
GOOGLSPY (benchmark)
- Entry price
- $37.66
- Current price
- $349.22
- Shares
- 26.5529
- CAGR
- +22.95%
- Max Drawdown
- -44.32%
- vs SPY
- +473.04 pp
✦The story
A $1,000 position in Alphabet opened in early 2016 was worth $9,273 by mid-2026, a total return of +827.3%. Over the decade the Google parent turned search advertising dominance into major businesses in cloud computing and artificial intelligence. That far outpaced the S&P 500's +354.2% over the same period.
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