What if I had invested $1,000 in Thermo Fisher Scientific in 1972?

What if I had invested? › Thermo Fisher Scientific

$1,000 in Thermo Fisher Scientific in 1972

$1,000 put into Thermo Fisher Scientific (TMO) on December 14, 1972, its first trading day of 1972 in our data, was worth $476,514 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 $282,691.

$1,000 became$476,514by September 23, 2026

Total return477 timesthe money put in, dividends counted to 2024

A year, on average+12.2%over 53.8 years

The whole US market$282,691same days to July 31, 2026, dividends counted; TMO by then: $411,337

The S&P 500 index$65,173price only, no dividends

Bought at the close on December 14, 1972, 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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Thermo Fisher Scientific in: 1973 · 1974 · 1975 · 1976 · 1977 · 1978 · 1979 · 1980 · 1981 · 1982 · 1983 · 1984 · 1985 · 1986 · 1987 · 1988 · 1989 · 1990 · 1991 · 1992 · 1993 · 1994 · 1995 · 1996 · 1997 · 1998 · 1999 · 2000 · 2001 · 2002 · 2003 · 2004 · 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009 · 2010 · 2011 · 2012

Also in 1972

Lilly (Eli) · $1,000 became $1,439,009
Walmart · $1,000 became $9,260,221
Jpmorgan Chase & Co · $1,000 became $474,277
Advanced Micro Devices · $1,000 became $1,383,250
ExxonMobil · $1,000 became $752,192
Johnson & Johnson · $1,000 became $431,156
Intel · $1,000 became $5,237,973
GE Aerospace · $1,000 became $235,208

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