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If you had invested $1,000 in Meta (Facebook) stock (2012–2024)
$1,000 of Meta (Facebook, META) stock bought at the end of 2012 would have been worth $22,079 at the end of 2024 — 22.1x your money. Bought ten years before that, at the end of 2014, it would be $7,533 (7.53x).
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Meta (Facebook) by the numbers
Facebook, founded in 2004, listed in May 2012. It renamed itself Meta in 2021 and poured money into the metaverse; the stock crashed in 2022 before rebounding strongly.
The ride wasn't smooth, though. Someone who bought at the end-of-2021 peak was down 64% by the end of 2022 and needed 2 years to get back to even. The ending looks easy; sitting through the middle was not.
$1,000 invested at the end of each year, valued at the end of 2024
| Bought | Value end of 2024 | Multiple | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| End of 2012 | $22,079 | 22.1x | +29.4% |
| End of 2013 | $10,755 | 10.8x | +24.1% |
| End of 2014 | $7,533 | 7.53x | +22.4% |
| End of 2015 | $5,616 | 5.62x | +21.1% |
| End of 2016 | $5,109 | 5.11x | +22.6% |
| End of 2017 | $3,331 | 3.33x | +18.8% |
| End of 2018 | $4,484 | 4.48x | +28.4% |
| End of 2019 | $2,864 | 2.86x | +23.4% |
| End of 2020 | $2,152 | 2.15x | +21.1% |
| End of 2021 | $1,747 | 1.75x | +20.4% |
| End of 2022 | $4,884 | 4.88x | +121.0% |
| End of 2023 | $1,660 | 1.66x | +66.0% |
How it's calculated
- Returns use each year's last closing price, adjusted for stock splits with dividends reinvested. Read every figure as "bought at the end of one year, sold at the end of another."
- Taxes, trading fees and inflation are not included; all amounts are nominal US dollars.
- Data runs through the end of 2024. Past returns don't guarantee future results, and this page is not investment advice.
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