What if I had invested $1,000 in Inktomi Corp in 1999?

$1,000 in Inktomi Corp in 1999

$1,000 put into Inktomi Corp (INKT) on January 4, 1999, its first trading day of 1999 in our data, was worth $47.10 on March 19, 2003, its last trading day, with dividends counted. Over the same days to March 19, 2003, $1,000 in the whole US stock market became $780.

$1,000 became$47.10by March 19, 2003

Total return-95.3%dividends counted

A year, on average-51.7%over 4.2 years

The whole US market$780same days to March 19, 2003, dividends counted

The S&P 500 index$712price only, no dividends

Inktomi Corp no longer trades. Its last trading day was March 19, 2003; 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 4, 1999, 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

Inktomi Corp in: 1998 · 2000 · 2001 · 2002 · 2003

Also in 1999

Nvidia · $1,000 became $5,994,418
Apple Inc. · $1,000 became $1,084,834
Microsoft · $1,000 became $23,028
Amazon · $1,000 became $84,273
Micron Technology · $1,000 became $43,860
Lilly (Eli) · $1,000 became $27,064
Walmart · $1,000 became $12,818
Jpmorgan Chase & Co · $1,000 became $14,748

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