What if I had invested $1,000 in Archer Daniels Midland in 1970?

What if I had invested? › Archer Daniels Midland

$1,000 in Archer Daniels Midland in 1970

$1,000 put into Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) on January 2, 1970, its first trading day of 1970 in our data, was worth $783,814 on September 23, 2026, with dividends counted to the end of 2024. Over the same days to July 31, 2026, $1,000 in the whole US stock market became $380,510.

$1,000 became$783,814by September 23, 2026

Total return784 timesthe money put in, dividends counted to 2024

A year, on average+12.5%over 56.7 years

The whole US market$380,510same days to July 31, 2026, dividends counted; ADM by then: $756,335

The S&P 500 index$82,861price only, no dividends

Bought at the close on January 2, 1970, 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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Also in 1970

Lilly (Eli) · $1,000 became $1,886,631
Jpmorgan Chase & Co · $1,000 became $490,287
ExxonMobil · $1,000 became $996,065
Johnson & Johnson · $1,000 became $729,310
GE Aerospace · $1,000 became $409,518
Caterpillar Inc. · $1,000 became $946,585
Procter & Gamble · $1,000 became $397,695
Coca-Cola Company (The) · $1,000 became $494,893

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