What if I had invested $1,000 in Actua Corp in 2004?

$1,000 in Actua Corp in 2004

$1,000 put into Actua Corp (ACTA) on January 2, 2004, its first trading day of 2004 in our data, was worth $1,780 on February 7, 2018, its last trading day, with dividends counted. Over the same days to February 7, 2018, $1,000 in the whole US stock market became $3,404.

$1,000 became$1,780by February 7, 2018

Total return+78.0%dividends counted

A year, on average+4.2%over 14.1 years

The whole US market$3,404same days to February 7, 2018, dividends counted

The S&P 500 index$2,419price only, no dividends

Actua Corp no longer trades. Its last trading day was February 7, 2018; the delisting record says: dropped by the exchange (failure). The figure above is what the shares were worth at the last trade. What holders received after that (a merger payout, or nothing in a bankruptcy) is not in our price data.

Bought at the close on January 2, 2004, dividends put back in, no costs and no tax. Dividends are counted to the end of 2024; from 2025 on our prices are adjusted for splits only, so dividends paid since then are left out. The stock figure counts dividends; the S&P 500 index figure does not, so compare the stock with the whole-market figure. The market figure is the Fama-French US market return (Kenneth R. French data library), which runs to July 31, 2026. Our stock prices run to September 23, 2026.

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Actua Corp in: 1999 · 2000 · 2001 · 2002 · 2003 · 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009 · 2010 · 2011 · 2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018

Also in 2004

Nvidia · $1,000 became $1,278,343
Apple Inc. · $1,000 became $1,051,436
Microsoft · $1,000 became $29,315
Amazon · $1,000 became $96,055
Alphabet Inc. (Class A) · $1,000 became $134,958
Alphabet Inc. - Class C Capital Stock · $1,000 became $133,878
Micron Technology · $1,000 became $79,704
Lilly (Eli) · $1,000 became $30,123

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