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$1,000 in Packaging Corporation of America in 2010
$1,000 put into Packaging Corporation of America (PKG) on January 4, 2010, its first trading day of 2010 in our data, was worth $16,027 on September 23, 2026, with dividends counted to the end of 2024. Over the same days to July 31, 2026, $1,000 in the whole US stock market became $8,921.
Bought at the close on January 4, 2010, 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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Also in 2010
- Nvidia · $1,000 became $531,893
- Apple Inc. · $1,000 became $52,275
- Microsoft · $1,000 became $21,483
- Amazon · $1,000 became $37,231
- Alphabet Inc. (Class A) · $1,000 became $21,605
- Avago Technologies · $1,000 became $261,078
- Alphabet Inc. - Class C Capital Stock · $1,000 became $21,433
- Tesla, Inc. · $1,000 became $238,664
History, not advice. How these numbers are made.