What if I had invested $1,000 in XTO Energy in 1997?

$1,000 in XTO Energy in 1997

$1,000 put into XTO Energy (XTO) on January 2, 1997, its first trading day of 1997 in our data, was worth $27,095 on June 25, 2010, its last trading day, with dividends counted. Over the same days to June 25, 2010, $1,000 in the whole US stock market became $1,964.

$1,000 became$27,095by June 25, 2010

Total return27 timesthe money put in, dividends counted

A year, on average+27.7%over 13.5 years

The whole US market$1,964same days to June 25, 2010, dividends counted

The S&P 500 index$1,461price only, no dividends

XTO Energy no longer trades. Its last trading day was June 25, 2010; the delisting record says: merged or acquired. 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 2, 1997, 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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XTO Energy in: 1993 · 1994 · 1995 · 1996 · 1998 · 1999 · 2000 · 2001 · 2002 · 2003 · 2004 · 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009 · 2010

Also in 1997

Apple Inc. · $1,000 became $2,130,920
Microsoft · $1,000 became $79,558
Amazon · $1,000 became $2,545,676
Micron Technology · $1,000 became $73,623
Lilly (Eli) · $1,000 became $65,873
Walmart · $1,000 became $45,519
Jpmorgan Chase & Co · $1,000 became $25,244
Advanced Micro Devices · $1,000 became $45,318

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