What if I had invested $1,000 in Guidant Corp in 1995?

$1,000 in Guidant Corp in 1995

$1,000 put into Guidant Corp (GDT) on January 3, 1995, its first trading day of 1995 in our data, was worth $21,006 on April 21, 2006, its last trading day, with dividends counted. Over the same days to April 21, 2006, $1,000 in the whole US stock market became $3,501.

$1,000 became$21,006by April 21, 2006

Total return21 timesthe money put in, dividends counted

A year, on average+30.9%over 11.3 years

The whole US market$3,501same days to April 21, 2006, dividends counted

The S&P 500 index$2,856price only, no dividends

Guidant Corp no longer trades. Its last trading day was April 21, 2006; 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, 1995, 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.

Another stock, another year

Guidant Corp in: 1994 · 1996 · 1997 · 1998 · 1999 · 2000 · 2001 · 2002 · 2003 · 2004 · 2005 · 2006

Also in 1995

Apple Inc. · $1,000 became $1,179,418
Microsoft · $1,000 became $215,789
Micron Technology · $1,000 became $100,669
Lilly (Eli) · $1,000 became $154,792
Walmart · $1,000 became $50,985
Jpmorgan Chase & Co · $1,000 became $65,540
Advanced Micro Devices · $1,000 became $49,184
Oracle Corporation · $1,000 became $84,291

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