If You Invested $10K In Microsoft Stock 10 Years Ago, How Much Would You Have Now?

David Kirakosyan

Tue, Apr 29, 2025, 10:10 PM 3 min read

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If You Bought Microsoft Stock 10 Years Ago

The company's stock traded at approximately $48.03 per share 10 years ago. If you had invested $10,000, you could have bought roughly 208 shares. Currently, shares trade at $391.85, meaning your investment's value could have grown to $81,584 from stock price appreciation alone. However, Microsoft also paid dividends during these 10 years.

Microsoft's dividend yield is currently 0.86%. Over the last 10 years, it has paid about $22.73 in dividends per share, which means you could have made $4,733 from dividends alone.

Summing up $81,584 and $4,733, we end up with the final value of your investment, which is $86,317. This is how much you could have made if you had invested $10,000 in Microsoft stock 10 years ago. This means a total return of 763.17%. In comparison, the S&P 500 total return for the same period was 213.60%.

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What Could The Next 10 Years Bring?

Microsoft has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a price target of $494.57 based on the ratings of 33 analysts. The price target implies more than 26% potential upside from the current stock price.

On Jan. 29, the company announced its Q2 2025 earnings, posting GAAP EPS of $3.23, beating the $3.11 consensus estimate, as reported by Benzinga. Quarterly revenue came in at $69.6 billion, above the $68.78 billion analyst consensus estimate.

“We are innovating across our tech stack and helping customers unlock the full ROI of AI to capture the massive opportunity ahead," said CEO Satya Nadella. “Already, our AI business has surpassed an annual revenue run rate of $13 billion, up 175% year-over-year.”

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Check out this article by Benzinga for 20 analysts' projections on Microsoft.