If You’d Bought Just 1 Nvidia Share at IPO—Here’s How Much You’d Be Sitting On Now
Nvidia’s IPO was a sleeper hit—until it wasn’t. A single share back then would’ve multiplied like crypto on a bull run. Let’s break it down.
The Snowball Effect
Stock splits, dividends, and sheer market dominance turned that one lonely share into a small empire. The numbers? They’re stupidly good—like ‘retire early’ good.
Why It Matters
Tech stocks are the new lottery tickets, and Nvidia’s the jackpot no one saw coming. Meanwhile, traditional finance bros are still arguing about bonds.
Missed the boat? Join the club. But hey—there’s always the next moonshot. Or you could just keep day-trading and hope for the best.
How much money would you have made in that time?
Although Nvidia has been on the market for a quarter century, it hasn't always been the high-flying stock that investors have seen over the past few years. That said, had you bought one share of Nvidia at its IPO price of $12.00 per share and held on to it all this time, your investment WOULD be worth $85,378 as of this writing. That works out to just under a 40% compound annual growth rate for your position.
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It's also worth noting that this rate of return doesn't include Nvidia's dividend, which it initiated in Nov. 2012. Anyone who reinvested their dividends would only have boosted their long-term returns. These are mind-boggling results, and Nvidia seems to have plenty left in the tank as it takes center stage in the growth of artificial intelligence.
