If You’d Invested $2,000 in Nvidia 5 Years Ago, Here’s How Much You’d Have Today | The Motley Fool

Nvidia (NVDA +0.91%) has registered monster success because of its position as the leading provider of data center graphics processing units (GPUs) that power the training of artificial intelligence (AI) models. This technology is viewed by many as the next major secular trend. And no business has benefited more than Nvidia.

If you invested $2,000 in this leading AI stock five years ago, here’s how much you’d have today.

Shares have crushed the market

Nvidia has been, without a doubt, one of the best-performing stocks. Shares have climbed 1,320% in the past five years (as of Jan. 5). This gain would have turned a $2,000 investment into over $28,000 today. The S&P 500 (^GSPC 0.34%) put up a total return of 100% during the same time, which doesn’t even come close to Nvidia.

Today’s Change

(0.91%) $1.70

Current Price

$188.94

Key Data Points

Market Cap

$4.6T

Day’s Range

$186.57 – $191.37

52wk Range

$86.62 – $212.19

Volume

15K

Avg Vol

186M

Gross Margin

70.05%

Dividend Yield

0.02%

Nvidia’s financial figures are astounding

Between Q3 2021 and the third quarter of fiscal 2026 (ended Oct. 26), Nvidia saw its revenue grow by 1,106%. This has come from tremendous demand for its GPUs. The consensus view among sell-side analysts is that the company’s top line will increase by 211% between fiscal 2025 and fiscal 2028.

Nvidia is also extremely profitable. Its quarterly…