What if I had invested $1,000 in Nynex in 1984?

$1,000 in Nynex in 1984

$1,000 put into Nynex (NYN) on February 16, 1984, its first trading day of 1984 in our data, was worth $8,432 on August 14, 1997, its last trading day, with dividends counted. Over the same days to August 14, 1997, $1,000 in the whole US stock market became $8,164.

$1,000 became$8,432by August 14, 1997

Total return+743.2%dividends counted

A year, on average+17.1%over 13.5 years

The whole US market$8,164same days to August 14, 1997, dividends counted

The S&P 500 index$5,923price only, no dividends

Nynex no longer trades. Its last trading day was August 14, 1997; the delisting record says: unknown. 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 February 16, 1984, 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

Nynex in: 1985 · 1986 · 1987 · 1988 · 1989 · 1990 · 1991 · 1992 · 1993 · 1994 · 1995 · 1996 · 1997

Also in 1984

Apple Inc. · $1,000 became $3,826,816
Micron Technology · $1,000 became $786,312
Lilly (Eli) · $1,000 became $976,781
Walmart · $1,000 became $468,096
Jpmorgan Chase & Co · $1,000 became $163,818
Advanced Micro Devices · $1,000 became $36,432
ExxonMobil · $1,000 became $162,446
Johnson & Johnson · $1,000 became $278,934

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History, not advice. How these numbers are made.