What if I had invested $1,000 in Kimberly-Clark in 1975?

What if I had invested? › Kimberly-Clark

$1,000 in Kimberly-Clark in 1975

$1,000 put into Kimberly-Clark (KMB) on January 2, 1975, its first trading day of 1975 in our data, was worth $404,702 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 $472,907.

$1,000 became$404,702by September 23, 2026

Total return405 timesthe money put in, dividends counted to 2024

A year, on average+12.3%over 51.7 years

The whole US market$472,907same days to July 31, 2026, dividends counted; KMB by then: $452,794

The S&P 500 index$109,726price only, no dividends

Bought at the close on January 2, 1975, 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 1975

Lilly (Eli) · $1,000 became $1,194,300
Walmart · $1,000 became $30,754,035
Jpmorgan Chase & Co · $1,000 became $706,578
Advanced Micro Devices · $1,000 became $6,989,128
ExxonMobil · $1,000 became $706,474
Johnson & Johnson · $1,000 became $499,697
Intel · $1,000 became $4,947,139
GE Aerospace · $1,000 became $403,832

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