$1,000 invested Microsoft Corporation (2016)
NASDAQ · MSFT · reinvest dividends · adjusted close
●Result2016-01-04 — 2026-10-15
Today you would have
$11,268
+$10,268 (+1,026.79%)
MSFTSPY (benchmark)
- Entry price
- $47.87
- Current price
- $539.44
- Shares
- 20.8881
- CAGR
- +25.19%
- Max Drawdown
- -37.15%
- vs SPY
- +672.55 pp
✦The story
A $1,000 investment in Microsoft made in early 2016 grew to $11,268 by mid-2026, a return of +1,026.8%. This decade saw the company's transformation under Satya Nadella into a cloud-first business, with Azure becoming a core pillar alongside Office and Windows. The gain more than doubled the S&P 500's +354.2% over the same period.
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