What if I had invested? › Carpenter Technology Corp
$1,000 in Carpenter Technology Corp in 1976
$1,000 put into Carpenter Technology Corp (CRS) on January 2, 1976, its first trading day of 1976 in our data, was worth $805,751 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 $347,958.
Bought at the close on January 2, 1976, 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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Carpenter Technology Corp in: 1968 · 1969 · 1970 · 1971 · 1972 · 1973 · 1974 · 1975 · 1977 · 1978 · 1979 · 1980 · 1981 · 1982 · 1983 · 1984 · 1985 · 1986 · 1987 · 1988 · 1989 · 1990 · 1991 · 1992 · 1993 · 1994 · 1995 · 1996 · 1997 · 1998 · 1999 · 2000 · 2001 · 2002 · 2003 · 2004 · 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009 · 2010 · 2011 · 2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016
Also in 1976
- Lilly (Eli) · $1,000 became $1,540,800
- Walmart · $1,000 became $11,767,274
- Jpmorgan Chase & Co · $1,000 became $652,999
- Advanced Micro Devices · $1,000 became $1,196,340
- ExxonMobil · $1,000 became $489,555
- Johnson & Johnson · $1,000 became $455,897
- Intel · $1,000 became $1,620,878
- GE Aerospace · $1,000 became $282,228
History, not advice. How these numbers are made.