What if I had invested $1,000 in T. Rowe Price in 1987?

$1,000 in T. Rowe Price in 1987

$1,000 put into T. Rowe Price (TROW) on January 2, 1987, its first trading day of 1987 in our data, was worth $254,555 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 $68,456.

$1,000 became$254,555by September 23, 2026

Total return255 timesthe money put in, dividends counted to 2024

A year, on average+15.0%over 39.7 years

The whole US market$68,456same days to July 31, 2026, dividends counted; TROW by then: $272,034

The S&P 500 index$31,268price only, no dividends

Bought at the close on January 2, 1987, 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 1987

Apple Inc. · $1,000 became $2,399,077
Microsoft · $1,000 became $4,895,841
Micron Technology · $1,000 became $2,348,564
Lilly (Eli) · $1,000 became $349,344
Walmart · $1,000 became $189,324
Jpmorgan Chase & Co · $1,000 became $92,096
Advanced Micro Devices · $1,000 became $87,827
Oracle Corporation · $1,000 became $2,786,645

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