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Nvidia’s stock has performed unbelievably well over almost any time period, creating enormous wealth for its shareholders. The company has grown from a relatively unknown designer of chips used in video games to the main beneficiary of the artificial intelligence boom.
Nvidia joined the list of trillion-dollar companies in 2023 and is valued at around $2.86 trillion as of mid-March 2025. The booming stock has made the company’s co-founder and CEO, Jensen Huang, the 15th richest person in the world, with a net worth of about $105 billion, according to Bloomberg.
In late February, Nvidia announced record earnings again, posting $39.3 billion in revenue for the fourth quarter, a 12 percent increase from the third quarter and up 78 percent from a year ago.
Huang has called AI the next industrial revolution and touted the productivity — and revenue — gains AI could bring across industries.
“Every single year, more people come [to GTC] because AI is able to solve more interesting problems for more industries and more companies,” Huang said this week during a keynote address at GTC, Nvidia’s semi-annual AI conference.
How much money you’d have if you invested $1,000 in Nvidia
Every investor wishes they could go back in time and invest in the best stock market performers of today, but what did Nvidia’s business look like 10 years ago compared to today?
In its 2015 fiscal year, Nvidia generated about $4.7 billion in revenue and about $630 million in net income. A solid business, but hardly the stuff of trillion-dollar valuations.
Fast forward to its 2025 fiscal year, when Nvidia generated more than $130 billion in revenue and net income of $72.9 billion. With that kind of growth and profitability, it’s easy to see why Nvidia has been one of the best long-term investments.
Here’s how much a $1,000 investment in Nvidia is worth today if you’d made it one year ago, five years ago or 10 years ago. (The calculation is based on the March 17 closing price of $119.53 with historical data from Morningstar.)
- 1 year: A $1,000 investment in Nvidia one year ago has grown by about 36.1 percent and would be worth $1,360 today.
- 5 years: A $1,000 investment in Nvidia five years ago has grown by 1,670 percent and would be worth $17,700 today.
- 10 years: A $1,000 investment in Nvidia 10 years ago has grown by 22,749 percent and would be worth $228,490 today.
Investing in stocks: What to know first
While it’s easy to look back and see how much money you’d have made if you’d invested in the biggest stock market winners, investing is always about what will happen in the future. Whether or not Nvidia will continue to reward investors in the same way over the next decade is difficult to predict, but fortunately investors can earn decent returns by holding a basket of diversified stocks.
Broadly diversified index funds, such as those that track the S&P 500, allow investors to participate in the stock market at a low cost, without having to identify individual companies to buy and sell. While this more diversified portfolio limits your returns, compared to holding a single stock, it also provides some protection when a few stocks perform poorly.
Be sure to research any stocks thoroughly before investing. You’ll want to understand the company’s business and strategy, its competitors, financial position and management team before making an investment decision. Owning individual stocks can be extremely rewarding over time, but few will match the returns seen by Nvidia shareholders.
— Bankrate’s Logan Jacoby contributed to an update of this article.
Editorial Disclaimer: All investors are advised to conduct their own independent research into investment strategies before making an investment decision. In addition, investors are advised that past investment product performance is no guarantee of future price appreciation.
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