Historical scenario / GOOGL / 2005
If you had bought GOOGL in 2005 with $10,000...
Estimated value
$816,018
Buy Price
Jan 1, 2005
$4.35
Sell Price
Oct 12, 2026
$355
Multiplier
81.6×
ROI
+8060%
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$355
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Calculation record
How this result was calculated
The selected investment amount is divided by the chosen 2005 entry price, then multiplied by the latest available price. Taxes, trading fees, spreads, dividends and inflation are not included.
- Year open
- $5.035
- Year low / high
- $4.346 / $10.731
- Latest price
- $354.665
- Price as of
- 2026-10-12
Source: GhostGains market-data API using publicly available market observations. Prices can be delayed and should be independently verified.
Same period benchmark
Compared with the S&P 500
Both returns use the first available price in 2005 and the latest available price. This is a price-return comparison and may exclude dividends.
GOOGL
70.44×
6944.3%
S&P 500
6.50×
549.6% · as of 2026-10-12
Scenario context
In 2005, Alphabet (Google) traded between $4.346 and $10.731, a range equal to 126.8% of its opening price. An investment made at the year's low produces the headline result above; using the year's opening price produces a 70.44× price multiple instead. Over the same measurement window, the S&P 500 price multiple was 6.50×.