What would $1,000 invested in the Nasdaq-100 be worth today?

$1,000 invested in the Nasdaq-100 in January 2016 would be worth about $7,846 as of October 2026, with dividends reinvested — an annualized return of 21.3%.

Does the Nasdaq-100 return calculator include dividends?

Dividends reinvested is the default. It can be turned off to show price appreciation alone; taxes, fund fees and trading costs are excluded.

Can the calculator adjust Nasdaq-100 returns for inflation?

The After inflation option deflates total returns by CPI and shows the ending value in purchasing-power dollars.

How far back does the Nasdaq-100 calculator go?

The monthly series begins March 1999, the first full month of QQQ's record — the fund that tracks the Nasdaq-100 — and runs to October 2026.

How does this compare with a compound interest calculator?

A compound interest calculator grows a deposit at one fixed rate; this one grows it at the Nasdaq-100's actual month-by-month returns with dividends, and shows the same amount at a flat 5% a year compounded beside it for the same dates.

Nasdaq-100 Investment Calculator: Compound Growth of Any Amount Since 1999

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If you invested

$1,000

in the Nasdaq-100

once in

Dollar-cost averaging invests the same amount every period, so the chart compares value against what you put in.

January 2016

Priced at a real closing price — the month's last trading day, or that exact day's close when you pick one.

and held until

today

Monthly data: valued at the closing price on the last trading day of that month.

A $1,000 investment in the Nasdaq-100 in January 2016 would be worth $7,846 as of October 2026 with dividends reinvested — 21.3% a year compounded (CAGR). Use the controls above to try any amount or starting month back to March 1999.

At a flat 5% a year compounded — what a compound interest calculator or a high-yield savings account assumes — the same $1,000 would be $1,684; the index beat it by $6,162.

Worth today

$7,846

Multiple

7.8×

Annualized

21.3%/yr

Max drawdown

-32.6%

12/31/2021 – 12/30/2022

Same $ in SPY

$4,756

Growth of $1,000 in the Nasdaq-100 since January 2016— monthly

$2,000$4,000$6,000

201620182020202220242026

the Nasdaq-100$7,846SPY$4,756

October 2026

the Nasdaq-100$7,846

SPY$4,756

the Nasdaq-100 (the Nasdaq-100). Total return approximated via dividend- and split-adjusted closes (no taxes or fees). Not investment advice.

What $1,000 in the Nasdaq-100 would be worth today, by starting month— each bar = one starting month, held to today

$1,000

20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026

$1,000 invested in the Nasdaq-100, by year— dividends reinvested, held to today

Invested in	Worth today	Multiple	Annualized
2016	$7,846	7.8×	21.3%
2017	$6,486	6.5×	21.3%
2018	$4,727	4.7×	19.6%
2019	$4,722	4.7×	22.4%
2020	$3,595	3.6×	21.1%
2021	$2,486	2.5×	17.4%
2022	$2,143	2.1×	17.7%
2023	$2,622	2.6×	30.0%
2024	$1,840	1.8×	25.6%
2025	$1,460	1.5×	25.3%

Methodology

The calculator grows the investment at QQQ's split- and dividend-adjusted closes, the fund that tracks the Nasdaq-100 — its record is the index's investable history, which is why the series begins March 1999 and runs through October 2026. A “buy” is priced at a real closing price: the last trading day of the chosen month, or that exact day's close when a specific date is picked. Price-only values use the unadjusted closes; inflation-adjusted values divide total return by CPI. Monthly contributions are fixed nominal dollar amounts; taxes, fund fees and transaction costs are excluded. See the annual Nasdaq-100 returns, or the QQQ fund page. Past performance does not predict future results; not investment advice.

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FAQ#

What would $1,000 invested in the Nasdaq-100 be worth today?: $1,000 invested in the Nasdaq-100 in January 2016 would be worth about $7,846 as of October 2026, with dividends reinvested — an annualized return of 21.3%.
Does the Nasdaq-100 return calculator include dividends?: Yes. Dividends reinvested is the default total-return basis. You can turn it off to see price appreciation alone. Taxes, fund fees and trading costs are excluded.
Can the calculator adjust Nasdaq-100 returns for inflation?: Yes. The After inflation option deflates the dividends-reinvested total-return series by CPI, expressing the ending value in the starting investment's purchasing-power dollars.
How far back does the Nasdaq-100 calculator go?: The monthly series begins March 1999, the first full month of QQQ's record — the fund that tracks the Nasdaq-100 — and runs to October 2026.
How does this compare with a compound interest calculator?: A compound interest calculator grows a deposit at one fixed rate. This calculator grows it at what the Nasdaq-100 actually returned month by month, dividends included, and states the flat-rate equivalent beside the result: the same $1,000 at 5% a year compounded is shown for the same dates so the two can be read against each other. The Nasdaq-100's own figure since 1999 is on the result card, and it arrives unevenly — the January 2016 start above shows the path, not just the endpoint.