What if I had invested $1,000 in Ascend Communications Inc in 1996?

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$1,000 in Ascend Communications Inc in 1996

$1,000 put into Ascend Communications Inc (ASND) on January 2, 1996, its first trading day of 1996 in our data, was worth $2,598 on June 24, 1999, its last trading day, with dividends counted. Over the same days to June 24, 1999, $1,000 in the whole US stock market became $2,117.

$1,000 became$2,598by June 24, 1999

Total return+159.8%dividends counted

A year, on average+31.6%over 3.5 years

The whole US market$2,117same days to June 24, 1999, dividends counted

The S&P 500 index$2,120price only, no dividends

Ascend Communications Inc no longer trades. Its last trading day was June 24, 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, 1996, 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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Ascend Communications Inc in: 1994 · 1995 · 1997 · 1998 · 1999

Also in 1996

Apple Inc. · $1,000 became $1,392,984
Microsoft · $1,000 became $144,711
Micron Technology · $1,000 became $52,853
Lilly (Eli) · $1,000 became $88,141
Walmart · $1,000 became $45,408
Jpmorgan Chase & Co · $1,000 became $39,240
Advanced Micro Devices · $1,000 became $71,261
Oracle Corporation · $1,000 became $55,706

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