What if I had invested $1,000 in Genentech Inc. in 2005?

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$1,000 in Genentech Inc. in 2005

$1,000 put into Genentech Inc. (DNA) on January 3, 2005, its first trading day of 2005 in our data, was worth $1,795 on March 26, 2009, its last trading day, with dividends counted. Over the same days to March 26, 2009, $1,000 in the whole US stock market became $781.

$1,000 became$1,795by March 26, 2009

Total return+79.5%dividends counted

A year, on average+14.8%over 4.2 years

The whole US market$781same days to March 26, 2009, dividends counted

The S&P 500 index$693price only, no dividends

Genentech Inc. no longer trades. Its last trading day was March 26, 2009; 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, 2005, 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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Genentech Inc. in: 1999 · 2000 · 2001 · 2002 · 2003 · 2004 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009

Also in 2005

Nvidia · $1,000 became $1,251,234
Apple Inc. · $1,000 became $353,523
Microsoft · $1,000 became $26,972
Amazon · $1,000 became $111,977
Alphabet Inc. (Class A) · $1,000 became $66,800
Alphabet Inc. - Class C Capital Stock · $1,000 became $66,269
Micron Technology · $1,000 became $91,261
Lilly (Eli) · $1,000 became $37,337

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