What if I had invested $1,000 in Solectron in 1991?

$1,000 in Solectron in 1991

$1,000 put into Solectron (SLR) on January 2, 1991, its first trading day of 1991 in our data, was worth $13,388 on October 1, 2007, its last trading day, with dividends counted. Over the same days to October 1, 2007, $1,000 in the whole US stock market became $6,869.

$1,000 became$13,388by October 1, 2007

Total return13 timesthe money put in, dividends counted

A year, on average+16.8%over 16.7 years

The whole US market$6,869same days to October 1, 2007, dividends counted

The S&P 500 index$4,739price only, no dividends

Solectron no longer trades. Its last trading day was October 1, 2007; 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, 1991, 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

Solectron in: 1989 · 1990 · 1992 · 1993 · 1994 · 1995 · 1996 · 1997 · 1998 · 1999 · 2000 · 2001 · 2002 · 2003 · 2004 · 2005 · 2006 · 2007

Also in 1991

Apple Inc. · $1,000 became $1,087,530
Microsoft · $1,000 became $781,871
Micron Technology · $1,000 became $1,129,681
Lilly (Eli) · $1,000 became $161,331
Walmart · $1,000 became $72,305
Jpmorgan Chase & Co · $1,000 became $248,148
Advanced Micro Devices · $1,000 became $245,917
Oracle Corporation · $1,000 became $903,483

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