What if I had invested $1,000 in Nynex in 1988?

$1,000 in Nynex in 1988

$1,000 put into Nynex (NYN) on January 4, 1988, its first trading day of 1988 in our data, was worth $2,999 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 $4,577.

$1,000 became$2,999by August 14, 1997

Total return+199.9%dividends counted

A year, on average+12.1%over 9.6 years

The whole US market$4,577same days to August 14, 1997, dividends counted

The S&P 500 index$3,613price 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 January 4, 1988, 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: 1984 · 1985 · 1986 · 1987 · 1989 · 1990 · 1991 · 1992 · 1993 · 1994 · 1995 · 1996 · 1997

Also in 1988

Apple Inc. · $1,000 became $1,090,115
Microsoft · $1,000 became $2,087,305
Micron Technology · $1,000 became $769,355
Lilly (Eli) · $1,000 became $317,767
Walmart · $1,000 became $161,750
Jpmorgan Chase & Co · $1,000 became $159,219
Advanced Micro Devices · $1,000 became $115,725
Oracle Corporation · $1,000 became $947,910

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History, not advice. How these numbers are made.