Historical scenario / GOOGL / 2014

If you had bought GOOGL in 2014 with $10,000...

GOOGLAlphabet (Google)
Vintage 2014
Initial: $10,000

Estimated value

$143,466

Initial $10,000Profit $133,466

Buy Price

Jan 1, 2014

$25

Sell Price

Oct 12, 2026

$355

Multiplier

14.3×

ROI

+1335%

2014 Price Range
Open (Jan 1)Jan 1, 2014$27.65
2014 Highest$30.31
2014 Lowest$24.72
CurrentOct 12, 2026$354.67

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Calculation record

How this result was calculated

The selected investment amount is divided by the chosen 2014 entry price, then multiplied by the latest available price. Taxes, trading fees, spreads, dividends and inflation are not included.

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Year open
$27.647
Year low / high
$24.721 / $30.306
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 2014 and the latest available price. This is a price-return comparison and may exclude dividends.

GOOGL

12.83×

1182.8%

S&P 500

4.26×

326.3% · as of 2026-10-12

Scenario context

In 2014, Alphabet (Google) traded between $24.721 and $30.306, a range equal to 20.2% 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 12.83× price multiple instead. Over the same measurement window, the S&P 500 price multiple was 4.26×.

Asset Insight

About GOOGL

Alphabet Inc. is the parent company of Google, the world's leading search engine. It specializes in internet-related services including online advertising technologies, search, cloud computing, software, and hardware.

Market History

Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. It reorganized as Alphabet in 2015. Dominating the digital ad market, it also owns YouTube and Android, the world's most popular mobile operating system.

Fun Fact

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