Meta Returns since 2012

Meta returns since 2012

If you invested $100 in Meta stock (META) at the beginning of May 2012, you would have about $1,946.37 by March 2026. This is a return on investment of 1,846.37%, or 23.94% per year.

This investment beats inflation during this period for an inflation-adjusted return of about 1,254.60% cumulatively, or 20.73% per year.

If you used dollar-cost averaging (monthly) instead of a lump-sum investment, you'd have $1,850.07.

Contents

Overview
Adjusting Meta returns for inflation
Meta full monthly data
Meta dollar-cost averaging
Data source & citation

The graph below shows the performance of $100 invested in Meta stock (META) over time.

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This chart shows the monthly changes over the full period:

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Adjusting Meta returns for inflation

The nominal return on investment of $100 is $1,846.37, or 1,846.37%. This means by March 2026 you would have $1,946.37.

However, it is important to take inflation into account when evaluating a long-term investment. You can convert these returns to their real value using an inflation calculation based on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index (CPI).

In this case, the CPI in May 2012 was 229.815 and the CPI in March 2026 was 330.213.

Adjusted for inflation, the $1,946.37 nominal end value would have a real return of roughly $1,254.60 in 2012 dollars. This means the inflation-adjusted return is 1,254.60% as opposed to the original 1,846.37%.

For more information on inflation, see our U.S. inflation calculator for 2012.

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Meta full monthly data

The table below shows the full dataset pertaining to a $100 investment over the 167-month period between 2012 and 2026.

Year	Month	Return (%)	Amount ($)	CPI
2012	5	0.00%	100.00	229.82
2012	6	5.07%	105.07	229.48
2012	7	-30.19%	73.34	229.10
2012	8	-16.81%	61.01	230.38
2012	9	19.93%	73.18	231.41
2012	10	-2.54%	71.32	231.32
2012	11	32.64%	94.59	230.22
2012	12	-4.93%	89.93	229.60
2013	1	16.38%	104.66	230.28
2013	2	-12.04%	92.06	232.17
2013	3	-6.13%	86.42	232.77
2013	4	8.56%	93.82	232.53
2013	5	-12.32%	82.26	232.95
2013	6	2.18%	84.05	233.50
2013	7	47.91%	124.32	233.60
2013	8	12.20%	139.49	233.88
2013	9	21.65%	169.70	234.15
2013	10	-0.04%	169.63	233.55
2013	11	-6.37%	158.82	233.07
2013	12	16.25%	184.63	233.05
2014	1	14.49%	211.39	233.92
2014	2	9.41%	231.28	234.78
2014	3	-12.01%	203.51	236.29
2014	4	-0.76%	201.96	237.07
2014	5	5.89%	213.85	237.90
2014	6	6.30%	227.33	238.34
2014	7	7.97%	245.44	238.25
2014	8	2.99%	252.77	237.85
2014	9	5.64%	267.03	238.03
2014	10	-5.12%	253.34	237.43
2014	11	3.61%	262.50	236.15
2014	12	0.41%	263.58	234.81
2015	1	-2.70%	256.45	233.71
2015	2	4.03%	266.79	234.72
2015	3	4.12%	277.77	236.12
2015	4	-4.20%	266.12	236.60
2015	5	0.53%	267.53	237.81
2015	6	8.31%	289.76	238.64
2015	7	9.61%	317.60	238.65
2015	8	-4.87%	302.13	238.32
2015	9	0.53%	303.72	237.95
2015	10	13.43%	344.49	237.84
2015	11	2.23%	352.16	237.34
2015	12	0.40%	353.58	236.53
2016	1	7.21%	379.09	236.92
2016	2	-4.71%	361.22	237.11
2016	3	6.72%	385.47	238.13
2016	4	3.05%	397.23	239.26
2016	5	1.05%	401.39	240.23
2016	6	-3.81%	386.08	241.02
2016	7	8.45%	418.72	240.63
2016	8	1.76%	426.08	240.85
2016	9	1.70%	433.35	241.43
2016	10	2.12%	442.53	241.73
2016	11	-9.60%	400.07	241.35
2016	12	-2.85%	388.68	241.43
2017	1	13.27%	440.27	242.84
2017	2	4.01%	457.91	243.60
2017	3	4.80%	479.90	243.80
2017	4	5.77%	507.60	244.52
2017	5	0.81%	511.69	244.73
2017	6	-0.32%	510.07	244.96
2017	7	12.10%	571.79	244.79
2017	8	1.61%	580.98	245.52
2017	9	-0.64%	577.26	246.82
2017	10	5.38%	608.31	246.66
2017	11	-1.60%	598.58	246.67
2017	12	-0.41%	596.15	246.52
2018	1	5.91%	631.39	247.87
2018	2	-4.59%	602.43	248.99
2018	3	-10.39%	539.83	249.55
2018	4	7.64%	581.08	250.55
2018	5	11.50%	647.91	251.59
2018	6	1.32%	656.49	251.99
2018	7	-11.19%	583.04	252.01
2018	8	1.83%	593.68	252.15
2018	9	-6.41%	555.61	252.44
2018	10	-7.70%	512.80	252.89
2018	11	-7.37%	475.03	252.04
2018	12	-6.77%	442.87	251.23
2019	1	27.16%	563.14	251.71
2019	2	-3.14%	545.44	252.78
2019	3	3.25%	563.14	254.20
2019	4	16.02%	653.38	255.55
2019	5	-8.24%	599.56	256.09
2019	6	8.75%	652.03	256.14
2019	7	0.64%	656.18	256.57
2019	8	-4.41%	627.26	256.56
2019	9	-4.09%	601.62	256.76
2019	10	7.62%	647.47	257.35
2019	11	5.21%	681.22	257.21
2019	12	1.79%	693.41	256.97
2020	1	-1.63%	682.13	257.97
2020	2	-4.68%	650.24	258.68
2020	3	-13.34%	563.51	258.12
2020	4	22.73%	691.59	256.39
2020	5	9.96%	760.44	256.39
2020	6	0.88%	767.13	257.80
2020	7	11.71%	856.99	259.10
2020	8	15.58%	990.54	259.92
2020	9	-10.68%	884.80	260.28
2020	10	0.46%	888.89	260.39
2020	11	5.27%	935.71	260.23
2020	12	-1.38%	922.84	260.47
2021	1	-5.43%	872.74	261.58
2021	2	-0.27%	870.34	263.01
2021	3	14.33%	995.03	264.88
2021	4	10.37%	1,098.24	267.05
2021	5	1.12%	1,110.57	269.20
2021	6	5.77%	1,174.70	271.70
2021	7	2.47%	1,203.72	273.00
2021	8	6.48%	1,281.69	273.57
2021	9	-10.54%	1,146.59	274.31
2021	10	-4.66%	1,093.14	276.59
2021	11	0.28%	1,096.15	277.95
2021	12	3.66%	1,136.32	278.80
2022	1	-6.86%	1,058.31	281.15
2022	2	-32.63%	712.94	283.72
2022	3	5.37%	751.22	287.50
2022	4	-9.84%	677.26	289.11
2022	5	-3.41%	654.19	292.30
2022	6	-16.73%	544.76	296.31
2022	7	-1.33%	537.50	296.28
2022	8	2.41%	550.44	296.17
2022	9	-16.73%	458.38	296.81
2022	10	-31.34%	314.73	298.01
2022	11	26.77%	398.99	297.71
2022	12	1.90%	406.55	296.80
2023	1	23.79%	503.28	299.17
2023	2	17.43%	591.01	300.84
2023	3	21.15%	716.01	301.84
2023	4	13.39%	811.89	303.36
2023	5	10.15%	894.33	304.13
2023	6	8.41%	969.53	305.11
2023	7	11.02%	1,076.35	305.69
2023	8	-7.13%	999.63	307.03
2023	9	1.46%	1,014.22	307.79
2023	10	0.35%	1,017.80	307.67
2023	11	8.59%	1,105.24	307.05
2023	12	8.20%	1,195.81	306.75
2024	1	10.22%	1,318.04	308.42
2024	2	25.63%	1,655.85	310.33
2024	3	-0.82%	1,642.21	312.33
2024	4	-11.41%	1,454.82	313.55
2024	5	8.52%	1,578.80	314.07
2024	6	8.01%	1,705.25	314.18
2024	7	-5.74%	1,607.45	314.54
2024	8	9.79%	1,764.80	314.80
2024	9	9.81%	1,937.89	315.30
2024	10	-0.75%	1,923.27	315.66
2024	11	1.19%	1,946.11	315.49
2024	12	1.95%	1,984.03	315.61
2025	1	17.80%	2,337.21	317.67
2025	2	-3.04%	2,266.06	319.08
2025	3	-13.74%	1,954.60	319.80
2025	4	-4.66%	1,863.47	320.80
2025	5	17.94%	2,197.78	321.47
2025	6	13.99%	2,505.30	322.56
2025	7	4.87%	2,627.31	323.05
2025	8	-4.49%	2,509.30	323.98
2025	9	-0.58%	2,494.63	324.80
2025	10	-11.66%	2,203.88	324.80
2025	11	-0.06%	2,202.52	324.12
2025	12	1.87%	2,243.78	324.05
2026	1	8.63%	2,437.52	325.25
2026	2	-9.54%	2,205.10	326.79
2026	3	-11.73%	1,946.37	330.21

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Meta dollar-cost averaging

Dollar-cost averaging is an alternative to investing the full lump-sum of $100 up front. Instead, the capital is invested over a period of time.

Consider a strategy in which $100 was invested in Meta stock (META) over a period of no more than 24 months beginning in 2012. This would result in a final amount of $1,850.07. In this particular case, dollar-cost average returns are less than the returns of a lump-sum investment (which ends with $1,946.37).

Year	Month	Contribution ($)	Amount ($)
2012	5	4.16	4.16
2012	6	4.16	8.74
2012	7	4.16	9.01
2012	8	4.16	10.95
2012	9	4.16	18.13
2012	10	4.16	21.72
2012	11	4.16	34.33
2012	12	4.16	36.59
2013	1	4.16	47.42
2013	2	4.16	45.37
2013	3	4.16	46.50
2013	4	4.16	54.99
2013	5	4.16	51.87
2013	6	4.16	57.25
2013	7	4.16	90.83
2013	8	4.16	106.58
2013	9	4.16	134.72
2013	10	4.16	138.82
2013	11	4.16	133.87
2013	12	4.16	160.46
2014	1	4.16	188.48
2014	2	4.16	210.77
2014	3	4.16	189.12
2014	4	4.32	191.97
2014	5	-	203.27
2014	6	-	216.08
2014	7	-	233.30
2014	8	-	240.26
2014	9	-	253.82
2014	10	-	240.81
2014	11	-	249.51
2014	12	-	250.54
2015	1	-	243.76
2015	2	-	253.59
2015	3	-	264.03
2015	4	-	252.95
2015	5	-	254.30
2015	6	-	275.43
2015	7	-	301.89
2015	8	-	287.18
2015	9	-	288.69
2015	10	-	327.45
2015	11	-	334.74
2015	12	-	336.09
2016	1	-	360.33
2016	2	-	343.34
2016	3	-	366.40
2016	4	-	377.58
2016	5	-	381.53
2016	6	-	366.98
2016	7	-	398.00
2016	8	-	405.00
2016	9	-	411.90
2016	10	-	420.64
2016	11	-	380.27
2016	12	-	369.45
2017	1	-	418.49
2017	2	-	435.25
2017	3	-	456.15
2017	4	-	482.49
2017	5	-	486.37
2017	6	-	484.83
2017	7	-	543.50
2017	8	-	552.23
2017	9	-	548.70
2017	10	-	578.21
2017	11	-	568.97
2017	12	-	566.65
2018	1	-	600.15
2018	2	-	572.63
2018	3	-	513.12
2018	4	-	552.33
2018	5	-	615.85
2018	6	-	624.01
2018	7	-	554.19
2018	8	-	564.31
2018	9	-	528.12
2018	10	-	487.43
2018	11	-	451.53
2018	12	-	420.96
2019	1	-	535.28
2019	2	-	518.45
2019	3	-	535.28
2019	4	-	621.05
2019	5	-	569.90
2019	6	-	619.77
2019	7	-	623.72
2019	8	-	596.23
2019	9	-	571.86
2019	10	-	615.43
2019	11	-	647.51
2019	12	-	659.10
2020	1	-	648.38
2020	2	-	618.06
2020	3	-	535.63
2020	4	-	657.37
2020	5	-	722.82
2020	6	-	729.17
2020	7	-	814.59
2020	8	-	941.53
2020	9	-	841.02
2020	10	-	844.91
2020	11	-	889.41
2020	12	-	877.18
2021	1	-	829.56
2021	2	-	827.28
2021	3	-	945.80
2021	4	-	1,043.91
2021	5	-	1,055.63
2021	6	-	1,116.58
2021	7	-	1,144.16
2021	8	-	1,218.28
2021	9	-	1,089.86
2021	10	-	1,039.06
2021	11	-	1,041.91
2021	12	-	1,080.10
2022	1	-	1,005.95
2022	2	-	677.67
2022	3	-	714.05
2022	4	-	643.75
2022	5	-	621.82
2022	6	-	517.81
2022	7	-	510.91
2022	8	-	523.21
2022	9	-	435.70
2022	10	-	299.16
2022	11	-	379.25
2022	12	-	386.44
2023	1	-	478.38
2023	2	-	561.77
2023	3	-	680.59
2023	4	-	771.72
2023	5	-	850.08
2023	6	-	921.56
2023	7	-	1,023.10
2023	8	-	950.17
2023	9	-	964.04
2023	10	-	967.45
2023	11	-	1,050.55
2023	12	-	1,136.65
2024	1	-	1,252.83
2024	2	-	1,573.92
2024	3	-	1,560.96
2024	4	-	1,382.84
2024	5	-	1,500.69
2024	6	-	1,620.88
2024	7	-	1,527.92
2024	8	-	1,677.48
2024	9	-	1,842.01
2024	10	-	1,828.12
2024	11	-	1,849.82
2024	12	-	1,885.87
2025	1	-	2,221.57
2025	2	-	2,153.94
2025	3	-	1,857.89
2025	4	-	1,771.27
2025	5	-	2,089.04
2025	6	-	2,381.34
2025	7	-	2,497.32
2025	8	-	2,385.15
2025	9	-	2,371.20
2025	10	-	2,094.83
2025	11	-	2,093.54
2025	12	-	2,132.77
2026	1	-	2,316.92
2026	2	-	2,095.99
2026	3	-	1,850.07

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Data Sources

Monthly adjusted close data is from Yahoo Finance via yfinance. Adjusted close reflects stock splits and dividends reported by the source. Inflation data is from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI.

in2013dollars.com is a reference website maintained by the Official Data Foundation.

About the author

Ian Webster is an engineer and data expert based in San Mateo, California. He has worked for Google, NASA, and consulted for governments around the world on data pipelines and data analysis. Disappointed by the lack of clear resources on the impacts of inflation on economic indicators, Ian believes this website serves as a valuable public tool. Ian earned his degree in Computer Science from Dartmouth College.

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Meta from 2012 to 2026
Start value May 2012	29.37
End value March 2026	571.64
Nominal return	+1,846.37% +23.94% / yr
Inflation-adjusted return	+1,254.60% +20.73% / yr
Final amount, nominal ($100 base)	$1,946.37
Final amount, inflation-adjusted ($100 base)	$1,354.60

Meta: $100 in 2012 → $1,946.37 in 2026