What if I had invested $1,000 in Ariba Inc in 2006?

$1,000 in Ariba Inc in 2006

$1,000 put into Ariba Inc (ARBA) on January 3, 2006, its first trading day of 2006 in our data, was worth $6,248 on September 28, 2012, its last trading day, with dividends counted. Over the same days to September 28, 2012, $1,000 in the whole US stock market became $1,349.

$1,000 became$6,248by September 28, 2012

Total return+524.8%dividends counted

A year, on average+31.3%over 6.7 years

The whole US market$1,349same days to September 28, 2012, dividends counted

The S&P 500 index$1,135price only, no dividends

Ariba Inc no longer trades. Its last trading day was September 28, 2012; the delisting record says: merged or acquired. 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 3, 2006, 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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Ariba Inc in: 1999 · 2000 · 2001 · 2002 · 2003 · 2004 · 2005 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009 · 2010 · 2011 · 2012

Also in 2006

Nvidia · $1,000 became $771,956
Apple Inc. · $1,000 became $149,662
Microsoft · $1,000 became $26,549
Amazon · $1,000 became $104,776
Alphabet Inc. (Class A) · $1,000 became $31,112
Alphabet Inc. - Class C Capital Stock · $1,000 became $30,865
Micron Technology · $1,000 became $81,061
Lilly (Eli) · $1,000 became $35,614

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