What if I had invested $1,000 in Red Hat Inc in 1999?

$1,000 in Red Hat Inc in 1999

$1,000 put into Red Hat Inc (RHT) on August 11, 1999, its first trading day of 1999 in our data, was worth $7,211 on July 8, 2019, its last trading day, with dividends counted. Over the same days to July 8, 2019, $1,000 in the whole US stock market became $3,744.

$1,000 became$7,211by July 8, 2019

Total return+621.1%dividends counted

A year, on average+10.4%over 19.9 years

The whole US market$3,744same days to July 8, 2019, dividends counted

The S&P 500 index$2,286price only, no dividends

Red Hat Inc no longer trades. Its last trading day was July 8, 2019; 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 August 11, 1999, 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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Red Hat Inc in: 2000 · 2001 · 2002 · 2003 · 2004 · 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009 · 2010 · 2011 · 2012 · 2013 · 2014 · 2015 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019

Also in 1999

Nvidia · $1,000 became $5,994,418
Apple Inc. · $1,000 became $1,084,834
Microsoft · $1,000 became $23,028
Amazon · $1,000 became $84,273
Micron Technology · $1,000 became $43,860
Lilly (Eli) · $1,000 became $27,064
Walmart · $1,000 became $12,818
Jpmorgan Chase & Co · $1,000 became $14,748

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