Wealth Creation Scorecard

5-Year Stock Returns

Approximate total return over the trailing five years for five leading technology companies — a look at how AI-era winners have compounded shareholder wealth.

1
NVIDIA Corporation
NASDAQ: NVDA
5-Year Return
+1070%
Driven by explosive demand for AI/GPU compute — the single biggest wealth-creation story among mega-cap tech over this period.
2
Broadcom Inc.
NASDAQ: AVGO
5-Year Return
+740%
Semiconductor and networking gains amplified by custom AI silicon and enterprise software expansion via VMware.
3
Microsoft Corporation
NASDAQ: MSFT
5-Year Return
+40%
Steady but comparatively muted returns, weighed down by a higher starting valuation base versus AI-pureplay peers.
4
Amazon.com Inc.
NASDAQ: AMZN
5-Year Return
+43%
More modest gains reflect margin pressure and slower e-commerce growth relative to AI-infrastructure peers.
5
Alphabet Inc.
NASDAQ: GOOGL
5-Year Return
+192%
Search and cloud dominance, plus growing traction in AI (Gemini), supported steady multi-year compounding.