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What If You Had Invested in AMD 10 Years Ago?
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) with real monthly prices, dividends reinvested, through November 2026.
AMD $404.40 ▼ -17.26% last close, Nov 05, 2026
If you had invested $1,000 in AMD in November 2016, today it would be worth
$45,387
Same $1,000 in the S&P 500 (SPY): $3,895
If you had put $500 a month into AMD since November 2016, your $60,500 would be worth today
$633,233
Same plan in the S&P 500 (SPY): $128,888
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AMD live price chart
AMD returns by period
| Period | Total return | Per year | $1,000 became | SPY per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 year | +85.9% | +85.9% | $1,859 | +8.4% |
| 3 years | +233.8% | +49.4% | $3,338 | +18.5% |
| 5 years | +155.4% | +20.6% | $2,554 | +11.5% |
| 10 years | +4438.7% | +46.5% | $45,387 | +14.6% |
| 20 years | +1774.8% | +15.8% | $18,748 | +10.6% |
| Since 1985 | +2202.6% | +7.8% | $23,026 | — |
AMD year by year
Best full year: 2009 (+348.1%). Worst: 2008 (-71.2%).
| Year | AMD | SPY | What happened |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | +88.8% | +8.3% | |
| 2025 | +77.3% | +17.7% | |
| 2024 | -18.1% | +24.9% | |
| 2023 | +127.6% | +26.2% | |
| 2022 | -55.0% | -18.2% | A PC slump and rising rates cut the stock by more than half. |
| 2021 | +56.9% | +28.7% | |
| 2020 | +100.0% | +18.3% | |
| 2019 | +148.4% | +31.2% | |
| 2018 | +79.6% | -4.6% | |
| 2017 | -9.3% | +21.7% | |
| 2016 | +295.1% | +12.0% | New products and a turnaround plan sent the stock up about 300%. |
| 2015 | +7.5% | +1.2% | |
| 2014 | -31.0% | +13.5% | |
| 2013 | +61.3% | +32.3% | |
| 2012 | -55.6% | +16.0% | |
| 2011 | -34.0% | +1.9% | |
| 2010 | -15.5% | +15.1% | |
| 2009 | +348.1% | +26.4% | |
| 2008 | -71.2% | -36.8% | The global financial crisis. Bank failures and a deep recession made this one of the worst years for stocks since the 1930s. AMD was also losing money heavily and spun off its chip factories. |
| 2007 | -63.1% | +5.1% |
AMD: all at once or every month?
Take $12,000: all of it on day one, or $1,000 a month for a year. Across every starting month since 1985 (491 of them), the lump sum was ahead after 12 months in 242 (49%). That is close to a coin flip, typical of something that spent long stretches going sideways or down. The best case for monthly investing was a start in March 2012, when it finished the year 138% ahead.
Worst drop
AMD's worst fall in this history was -96.1%, a near wipe-out, from April 2000 to September 2015. Getting back to the old high took until December 2019: 51 months from the bottom and 19.7 years from the peak. $1,000 invested at that peak shrank to about $39 at the low.
Stock splits
- October 1980: 2-for-1
- October 1982: 1.5-for-1
- August 1983: 2-for-1
- August 2000: 2-for-1
One share bought before 1980 is 12 shares today.
About AMD
| Company | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. |
| Listed | 1972 (NYSE until 2015, now Nasdaq) |
| Sector | Technology (semiconductors) |
| Dividend | None |
AMD designs processors for PCs and servers, graphics chips and AI accelerators. For decades it was Intel's smaller, often struggling rival.
Its stock fell below $2 in 2015, close to bankruptcy territory. New chip designs under CEO Lisa Su, who took over in 2014, took share from Intel and drove one of the biggest comebacks in the market.
Questions about AMD
How much would $10,000 invested in AMD 20 years ago be worth today?
About $187,483 with dividends reinvested, invested at the November 2006 close: 1774.8% in total, or 15.8% a year.
Does AMD pay a dividend?
No. AMD has never paid a dividend, so all of its return is the price.
Did AMD beat the S&P 500?
Yes. Over the last 20 years it was ahead by 5.2 percentage points a year: +15.8% a year for AMD against +10.6% for SPY, dividends reinvested. It also fell harder at its worst (-96.1% against -50.8% for SPY over the same history).