What if I had invested $1,000 in Linkedin Corp in 2012?

$1,000 in Linkedin Corp in 2012

$1,000 put into Linkedin Corp (LNKD) on January 3, 2012, its first trading day of 2012 in our data, was worth $3,056 on December 7, 2016, its last trading day, with dividends counted. Over the same days to December 7, 2016, $1,000 in the whole US stock market became $1,970.

$1,000 became$3,056by December 7, 2016

Total return+205.6%dividends counted

A year, on average+25.4%over 4.9 years

The whole US market$1,970same days to December 7, 2016, dividends counted

The S&P 500 index$1,755price only, no dividends

Linkedin Corp no longer trades. Its last trading day was December 7, 2016; 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, 2012, 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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Linkedin Corp in: 2011 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016

Also in 2012

Nvidia · $1,000 became $700,474
Apple Inc. · $1,000 became $27,205
Microsoft · $1,000 became $23,709
Amazon · $1,000 became $27,846
Alphabet Inc. (Class A) · $1,000 became $20,350
Avago Technologies · $1,000 became $167,550
Alphabet Inc. - Class C Capital Stock · $1,000 became $20,188
Meta Platforms · $1,000 became $19,537

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