This is how much money you'd have now if you invested $500 in NVIDIA stock 10 years ago
Published on Jan 27, 2026 at 8:43 PM (UTC+4)
by Henry Kelsall
Last updated on Jan 27, 2026 at 8:43 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Emma Matthews
If you had invested $500 in NVIDIA stock around 10 years ago, here’s how much money you’d have accrued in 2026.
NVIDIA is one of the largest tech companies in the world now, and has become an AI hardware leader after making most of its money producing PC graphics cards.
Since then, it has gone from strength to strength and expanded its horizons massively, culminating in its advanced AI models and how it is pushing the revolution forward.
If you had invested just $500 in the company’s stocks in 2016, then right now you might be sitting very pretty.
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The stock has become a huge success story
For those who did invest in the tech company, you would have reaped the rewards of a huge success story.
Over the last decade, the stock has posted a return of around 26,080 percent.
That means if you had invested $500 about 10 years ago, then that stock would be worth nearly $131,000.
The stock itself has posted a return of 1,290 percent over the last year alone.
A $500 investment a year ago would have yielded a nice little return of $7,000.
NVIDIA has a huge market value of around $4.55 trillion, making it the world’s most valuable company.
Key to it holding onto that crown could be the strong demand for AI semiconductors.
AI has played a big part in amassing the company’s recent value and profits.
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Is there still time to invest in NVIDIA stock?
There are some things to consider if you want to invest in NVIDIA stock now.
Currently, there are 10 best stocks for investors right now, as reported by the Motley Fool Stock Advisor team.
But NVIDIA is currently not one of them.
Had you invested $1,000 in 2005 when NVIDIA made the top 10 list, you’d currently have $1,141,628.
That number would be much smaller were you to invest at the time of writing in January 2026.
So those who put some money into the company 10 years ago will now be laughing all the way home.
It’s remarkable how much return you would have made on a relatively modest investment.
It does show the incredible growth from NVIDIA in such a short space of time.
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Henry joined the Supercar Blondie team in February 2025, and since then has covered a wide array of topics ranging from EVs, American barn finds, and the odd Cold War jet. He’s combined his passion for cars with his keen interest in motorsport and his side hustle as a volunteer steam locomotive fireman at a leading heritage steam railway in England.
