If I'd invested in Microsoft since 2023
$1,000 put into Microsoft at the end of 2023 would be worth about $1,039 today — a 1.04× return, or roughly 1.6% a year. Change the amount below to run your own number.
You'd have
$1,039
from $1,000 invested — up 4%.
The story behind the number
Microsoft since 2023 has been a remarkably smooth ride. $1,000 put in at the end of 2023 grew to $1,039 — a 1.04× return, or about 1.6% a year. The S&P 500 actually did better over the same years, turning that $1,000 into $1,561 — about 1.50× what this returned.
The ride mattered as much as the destination. The strongest single year was 2025, up 16%; the worst was 2026, down 13%.
Holding on took nerve: the position fell as much as 31% from its 2025 peak to its 2026 low and had not fully reclaimed that peak by the end of the window. Inflation takes a bite, too — consumer prices rose about 8% over the period, so in today's money the result is closer to 0.96× what you put in.
Common questions
- How much would I have if I'd invested $1,000 in Microsoft in 2023?
- $1,000 invested in Microsoft at the end of 2023 would be worth about $1,039 today — a 1.04× return, or roughly 1.6% per year.
- What were the best and worst years for Microsoft since 2023?
- The best year was 2025, up about 16%. The toughest was 2026, when it fell about 13%. Across the window, 16 of 30 years finished lower than they started.
- What was the biggest drop along the way?
- The steepest decline was about 31%, from a peak in 2025 to a low in 2026, a level it had not fully recovered by the latest data.
- Would I have done better in S&P 500?
- Yes — the S&P 500 turned $1,000 into about $1,561, versus $1,039 for Microsoft over the same window.
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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