What if I had invested $1,000 in Nextel Commun in 1992?

$1,000 in Nextel Commun in 1992

$1,000 put into Nextel Commun (NXTL) on January 28, 1992, its first trading day of 1992 in our data, was worth $4,518 on August 12, 2005, its last trading day, with dividends counted. Over the same days to August 12, 2005, $1,000 in the whole US stock market became $3,825.

$1,000 became$4,518by August 12, 2005

Total return+351.8%dividends counted

A year, on average+11.8%over 13.5 years

The whole US market$3,825same days to August 12, 2005, dividends counted

The S&P 500 index$2,965price only, no dividends

Nextel Commun no longer trades. Its last trading day was August 12, 2005; 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 28, 1992, 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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Nextel Commun in: 1993 · 1994 · 1995 · 1996 · 1997 · 1998 · 1999 · 2000 · 2001 · 2002 · 2003 · 2004 · 2005

Also in 1992

Apple Inc. · $1,000 became $787,597
Microsoft · $1,000 became $341,783
Micron Technology · $1,000 became $753,296
Lilly (Eli) · $1,000 became $134,728
Walmart · $1,000 became $36,548
Jpmorgan Chase & Co · $1,000 became $113,707
Advanced Micro Devices · $1,000 became $68,788
Oracle Corporation · $1,000 became $485,908

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