What if I had invested $1,000 in Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc in 1972?

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$1,000 in Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc in 1972

$1,000 put into Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (WBA) on January 3, 1972, its first trading day of 1972 in our data, was worth $188,576 on December 31, 2024, with dividends counted. Over the same days to December 31, 2024, $1,000 in the whole US stock market became $254,836.

$1,000 became$188,576by December 31, 2024

Total return189 timesthe money put in, dividends counted

A year, on average+10.4%over 53.0 years

The whole US market$254,836same days to December 31, 2024, dividends counted

The S&P 500 index$57,850price only, no dividends

Bought at the close on January 3, 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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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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