What if I had invested $1,000 in MCI Inc in 1995?

$1,000 in MCI Inc in 1995

$1,000 put into MCI Inc (WCOM) on January 3, 1995, its first trading day of 1995 in our data, was worth $39.47 on July 29, 2002, its last trading day, with dividends counted. Over the same days to July 29, 2002, $1,000 in the whole US stock market became $2,142.

$1,000 became$39.47by July 29, 2002

Total return-96.1%dividends counted

A year, on average-34.8%over 7.6 years

The whole US market$2,142same days to July 29, 2002, dividends counted

The S&P 500 index$1,958price only, no dividends

MCI Inc no longer trades. Its last trading day was July 29, 2002; the delisting record says: likely failure. 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 3, 1995, 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

MCI Inc in: 1980 · 1981 · 1982 · 1983 · 1984 · 1985 · 1986 · 1987 · 1988 · 1989 · 1990 · 1991 · 1992 · 1993 · 1994 · 1996 · 1997 · 1998 · 1999 · 2000 · 2001 · 2002

Also in 1995

Apple Inc. · $1,000 became $1,179,418
Microsoft · $1,000 became $215,789
Micron Technology · $1,000 became $100,669
Lilly (Eli) · $1,000 became $154,792
Walmart · $1,000 became $50,985
Jpmorgan Chase & Co · $1,000 became $65,540
Advanced Micro Devices · $1,000 became $49,184
Oracle Corporation · $1,000 became $84,291

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