If I'd invested in Microsoft since 2009
$1,000 put into Microsoft at the end of 2009 would be worth about $12,820 today — a 12.8× return, or roughly 16.8% a year. Change the amount below to run your own number.
You'd have
$12,820
from $1,000 invested — up 1182%.
The story behind the number
Microsoft since 2009 has been a remarkably smooth ride. $1,000 put in at the end of 2009 grew to $12,820 — a 12.8× return, or about 16.8% a year. That beat the S&P 500, which turned the same $1,000 into $6,656 — you'd have come out roughly 1.93× ahead of simply buying the index.
The ride mattered as much as the destination. The strongest single year was 2015, up 20%; the worst was 2010, down 16%.
Holding on took nerve: the position fell as much as 31% 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 54% over the period, so in today's money the result is closer to 8.34× what you put in.
Common questions
- How much would I have if I'd invested $1,000 in Microsoft in 2009?
- $1,000 invested in Microsoft at the end of 2009 would be worth about $12,820 today — a 12.8× return, or roughly 16.8% per year.
- What were the best and worst years for Microsoft since 2009?
- The best year was 2015, up about 20%. The toughest was 2010, when it fell about 16%. Across the window, 78 of 198 years finished lower than they started.
- What was the biggest drop along the way?
- The steepest decline was about 31%, 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 $6,656 over the same window, while Microsoft reached $12,820. Microsoft 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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