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$1,000 in Ford Motor Company in 2009 → $12,742 today

If you'd invested $1,000 in Ford Motor Company (F) on January 1, 2009 — at the December 2008 month-end close of $1.14 — and held to the latest close (2026-08-), you'd have $12,742. That's a +1174.2% total return — beating the S&P 500, where the same $1,000 became $8,534.

$1,000 in 2009$12,742Total return+1174.2%Multiple12.7×CAGR+15.5%

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FAQ

How much is $1,000 invested in F in 2009 worth today?

$1,000 invested in Ford Motor Company (F) at the month-end close of 2008-12- would be worth $12,742 at the latest month-end close (2026-08-), a total return of +1174.2% with dividends reinvested.

Did $1,000 in F in 2009 beat the market?

Over the same span, $1,000 in the S&P 500 index would be worth $8,534 — so Ford Motor Company (F) beat the index by +49.3%.

What does "month-end close" mean for this calculation?

The scenario invests at the December 2008 month-end close (the price entering 2009) and values the position at the most recent month-end close (2026-08-). Intra-month extremes are shown on the F calculator page.

Is the 2009–2026 return in F typical?

No single year is typical. F's best calendar-year return since 1972 was about +336.8%, and its worst was -66.0%.

Methodology

Ford Motor Company (F) total-return data from January 2009 through the latest month-end close (2026-08-).

The entry price is the 2008 December month-end close and the exit is the latest available month-end close, both from adjusted (split and dividend) Yahoo Finance historical data.

Month-end resolution, no taxes or fees, and history never guarantees the future. For exact-date precision (including buying at a panic low), use the F calculator page.

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Data: Yahoo Finance. As of 2026-08-. Not financial advice.