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$1,000 in Dollar General in 2009
$1,000 put into Dollar General (DG) on November 13, 2009, its first trading day of 2009 in our data, was worth $5,948 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 $9,328.
Bought at the close on November 13, 2009, 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 2009
- Nvidia · $1,000 became $1,129,125
- Apple Inc. · $1,000 became $123,276
- Microsoft · $1,000 became $33,479
- Amazon · $1,000 became $91,708
- Alphabet Inc. (Class A) · $1,000 became $42,142
- Avago Technologies · $1,000 became $304,322
- Alphabet Inc. - Class C Capital Stock · $1,000 became $41,807
- Micron Technology · $1,000 became $385,613
History, not advice. How these numbers are made.