What if I had invested $1,000 in Palm, Inc. in 2002?

$1,000 in Palm, Inc. in 2002

$1,000 put into Palm, Inc. (PALM) on January 2, 2002, its first trading day of 2002 in our data, was worth $476 on June 30, 2010, its last trading day, with dividends counted. Over the same days to June 30, 2010, $1,000 in the whole US stock market became $1,151.

$1,000 became$476by June 30, 2010

Total return-52.4%dividends counted

A year, on average-8.4%over 8.5 years

The whole US market$1,151same days to June 30, 2010, dividends counted

The S&P 500 index$893price only, no dividends

Palm, Inc. no longer trades. Its last trading day was June 30, 2010; 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 2, 2002, 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

Palm, Inc. in: 2000 · 2001 · 2003 · 2004 · 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009 · 2010

Also in 2002

Nvidia · $1,000 became $438,402
Apple Inc. · $1,000 became $960,286
Microsoft · $1,000 became $24,217
Amazon · $1,000 became $454,858
Micron Technology · $1,000 became $32,947
Lilly (Eli) · $1,000 became $28,476
Walmart · $1,000 became $8,776
Jpmorgan Chase & Co · $1,000 became $17,922

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