What if I had invested $1,000 in Palm, Inc. in 2003?

$1,000 in Palm, Inc. in 2003

$1,000 put into Palm, Inc. (PALM) on January 2, 2003, its first trading day of 2003 in our data, was worth $2,443 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 $1,408.

$1,000 became$2,443by June 30, 2010

Total return+144.3%dividends counted

A year, on average+12.7%over 7.5 years

The whole US market$1,408same days to June 30, 2010, dividends counted

The S&P 500 index$1,134price 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, 2003, 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 · 2002 · 2004 · 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009 · 2010

Also in 2003

Nvidia · $1,000 became $2,396,773
Apple Inc. · $1,000 became $1,511,802
Microsoft · $1,000 became $30,222
Amazon · $1,000 became $254,741
Micron Technology · $1,000 became $109,514
Lilly (Eli) · $1,000 became $33,095
Walmart · $1,000 became $9,820
Jpmorgan Chase & Co · $1,000 became $24,305

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