This is how much money you'd have today if you invested $500 in Tesla stock 5 years ago

If you’d invested $500 in Tesla stock five years ago, this is how much money you’d have now.

For a long while, Tesla has been at the top of the EV food chain.

And with the company looking to expand into autonomous driving and robots, things don’t look like they’ll be slowing down anytime soon.

But that raises the question – how are things doing in the stock market, and how well would you be doing if you’d invested $500 in Tesla five years ago?

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How much you’d be sitting on if you’d invested $500 in Tesla five years back

If there’s one thing that’s not been in the news enough these past few years, it’s Tesla.

In case you couldn’t tell, we were being sarcastic.

Yes, Tesla has been basically everywhere in recent years.

From Full Self Driving mode to Tesla Robotaxis, there’s barely been a news cycle without some mention of the American EV maker.

Whether innovative or controversial, Tesla has made its way into the mainstream.

In pushing the world towards sustainable vehicles, the company has been a disruptor and a trendsetter.

That’s all well and good, but the question remains – if you’d invested $500 into Tesla five years ago, how much would you have now?

In the past five years, shares have risen by 185 percent.

That would turn $500 into $1,424 today, The Motley Fool reported.

Considering that the stock is 28 percent below its peak in December 2024, it’s still a solid figure.

Investing in stocks – it’s a big moneymaker

At one point or another, we’ve all considered investing in stocks.

If those guys on Wall Street can do it, why can’t we?

But the stock market is obviously more complicated than ‘Invest and make money’.

There’s no surefire way of knowing if a company will continue generating money.

Take Apple, for example.

Sure, investing in Apple stock now would seem like smart money, but who could have known that from the start?

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak sold his Apple stock off years ago, not realizing it would now be worth $321 billion.

Fortunately, he had a very Zen response about it all.

Whether it’s Tesla or Apple, the decision lies with you whether or not you invest.

But at the end of the day, it’s your money, so invest wisely.

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