Acquired · Monday, September 14, 2026
Home Depot has delivered a remarkable 45-year total investment return since its 1981 IPO, compounding at nearly 25% per year. A $1,000 investment at its IPO would be worth approximately $17 million today, significantly outperforming Apple's investment over the same period, making it the top-performing stock in the S&P 500.
“Home Depot went public in 1981, one year after Apple Computer. And astonishingly, if you put $1,000 into Home Depot and Apple and their IPOs and you held them all today, your investment in Home Depot would beat your investment in Apple.”
“And if you reinvested the dividends that it paid out, it has compounded at nearly 25% per year for 45 years.”
“So that $1,000 invested in the IPO would be worth about $17 million dollars today.”