What if I had invested $1,000 in Ameritech in 1987?

$1,000 in Ameritech in 1987

$1,000 put into Ameritech (AIT) on January 2, 1987, its first trading day of 1987 in our data, was worth $10,769 on October 8, 1999, its last trading day, with dividends counted. Over the same days to October 8, 1999, $1,000 in the whole US stock market became $6,824.

$1,000 became$10,769by October 8, 1999

Total return+976.9%dividends counted

A year, on average+20.5%over 12.8 years

The whole US market$6,824same days to October 8, 1999, dividends counted

The S&P 500 index$5,421price only, no dividends

Ameritech no longer trades. Its last trading day was October 8, 1999; the delisting record says: delisted or deregistered. 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, 1987, 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.

Another stock, another year

Ameritech in: 1984 · 1985 · 1986 · 1988 · 1989 · 1990 · 1991 · 1992 · 1993 · 1994 · 1995 · 1996 · 1997 · 1998 · 1999

Also in 1987

Apple Inc. · $1,000 became $2,399,077
Microsoft · $1,000 became $4,895,841
Micron Technology · $1,000 became $2,348,564
Lilly (Eli) · $1,000 became $349,344
Walmart · $1,000 became $189,324
Jpmorgan Chase & Co · $1,000 became $92,096
Advanced Micro Devices · $1,000 became $87,827
Oracle Corporation · $1,000 became $2,786,645

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