What if I had invested $1,000 in Cardinal Health in 1983?

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$1,000 in Cardinal Health in 1983

$1,000 put into Cardinal Health (CAH) on August 4, 1983, its first trading day of 1983 in our data, was worth $441,948 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 $113,940.

$1,000 became$441,948by September 23, 2026

Total return442 timesthe money put in, dividends counted to 2024

A year, on average+15.2%over 43.1 years

The whole US market$113,940same days to July 31, 2026, dividends counted; CAH by then: $459,444

The S&P 500 index$47,766price only, no dividends

Bought at the close on August 4, 1983, 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 1983

Apple Inc. · $1,000 became $3,440,770
Lilly (Eli) · $1,000 became $1,057,758
Walmart · $1,000 became $747,516
Jpmorgan Chase & Co · $1,000 became $193,486
Advanced Micro Devices · $1,000 became $100,374
ExxonMobil · $1,000 became $224,264
Johnson & Johnson · $1,000 became $235,793
Intel · $1,000 became $566,651

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