$1,000 invested Verizon Communications (2016)
NYSE · VZ · reinvest dividends · adjusted close
●Result2016-01-04 — 2026-08-28
Today you would have
$1,901
+$901 (+90.05%)
VZSPY (benchmark)
- Entry price
- $26.36
- Current price
- $50.10
- Shares
- 37.9347
- CAGR
- +6.22%
- Max Drawdown
- -41.21%
- vs SPY
- -262.75 pp
✦The story
A $1,000 stake in Verizon from the start of 2016 grew to $1,901 by mid-2026, a total return of +90.1%. Much of that came from the carrier's steady dividend rather than share-price gains, as the stock spent years range-bound while it invested in 5G. The S&P 500 returned +352.8% over the same decade, far ahead of Verizon.
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