By Selena Maranjian
Publication Date: 2026-01-28 14:02:00
Nvidia would have turned a one-time $10,000 investment into more than a million dollars in just a few years.
If you’ve been keeping up with the stock market in any way in recent years, you’ve probably heard about the semiconductor giant, Nvidia (NVDA +1.57%). It’s hard not to know about it, given its amazing performance of late. Check it out:
|
Time Period |
Average Annual Return |
|---|---|
|
Past 3 years |
113.9% |
|
Past 5 years |
68.8% |
|
Past 10 years |
74.7% |
|
Past 15 years |
47.4% |
Data source: Morningstar.com, as of Jan. 23, 2026. Chart by author.
Image source: Getty Images.
Now let’s see what those average gains would have gotten you if you had been invested in Nvidia over those periods. Let’s imagine that you invested $10,000 once, and it grew from there:
|
Time Period |
You’d Have |
|---|---|
|
Over the past 3 years |
$96,470 |
|
Over the past 5 years |
$136,520 |
|
Over past 10 years |
$2.624 million |
|
Over past 15 years |
$3.111 million |
Data source: YCharts, as of Jan. 26, 2026. Chart by author.
Wowsa, right? Here’s hoping that you have been invested in Nvidia for a bunch of years. However, if you haven’t, is it too late to do so? Here’s some good news: Probably not!
Today’s Change
(1.57%) $2.96
Current Price
$191.48
Key Data Points
Market Cap
$4.6T
Day’s Range
$190.17 – $192.35
52wk Range
$86.62 – $212.19
Volume
1.2M
Avg Vol
186M
Gross Margin
70.05%
Dividend Yield
0.02%
Nvidia stock remains attractively valued at recent levels, with a recent forward-looking price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) of 24, for example — well below…
