What if I had invested $1,000 in Waste Management Inc in 1996?

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$1,000 in Waste Management Inc in 1996

$1,000 put into Waste Management Inc (WM) on January 2, 1996, its first trading day of 1996 in our data, was worth $19,613 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 $21,611.

$1,000 became$19,613by September 23, 2026

Total return20 timesthe money put in, dividends counted to 2024

A year, on average+10.2%over 30.7 years

The whole US market$21,611same days to July 31, 2026, dividends counted; WM by then: $21,374

The S&P 500 index$12,414price only, no dividends

Bought at the close on January 2, 1996, 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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Apple Inc. · $1,000 became $1,392,984
Microsoft · $1,000 became $144,711
Micron Technology · $1,000 became $52,853
Lilly (Eli) · $1,000 became $88,141
Walmart · $1,000 became $45,408
Jpmorgan Chase & Co · $1,000 became $39,240
Advanced Micro Devices · $1,000 became $71,261
Oracle Corporation · $1,000 became $55,706

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