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$1,000 in Booking Holdings Inc. in 2021 → $2,442 today

If you'd invested $1,000 in Booking Holdings Inc. (BKNG) on January 1, 2021 — at the December 2020 month-end close of $87.24 — and held to the latest close (2026-08-), you'd have $2,442. That's a +144.2% total return — beating the S&P 500, where the same $1,000 became $2,052.

$1,000 in 2021$2,442Total return+144.2%Multiple2.4×CAGR+17.1%

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FAQ

How much is $1,000 invested in BKNG in 2021 worth today?

$1,000 invested in Booking Holdings Inc. (BKNG) at the month-end close of 2020-12- would be worth $2,442 at the latest month-end close (2026-08-), a total return of +144.2% with dividends reinvested.

Did $1,000 in BKNG in 2021 beat the market?

Over the same span, $1,000 in the S&P 500 index would be worth $2,052 — so Booking Holdings Inc. (BKNG) beat the index by +19.0%.

What does "month-end close" mean for this calculation?

The scenario invests at the December 2020 month-end close (the price entering 2021) and values the position at the most recent month-end close (2026-08-). Intra-month extremes are shown on the BKNG calculator page.

Is the 2021–2026 return in BKNG typical?

No single year is typical. BKNG's best calendar-year return since 1999 was about +344.2%, and its worst was -97.2%.

Methodology

Booking Holdings Inc. (BKNG) total-return data from January 2021 through the latest month-end close (2026-08-).

The entry price is the 2020 December month-end close and the exit is the latest available month-end close, both from adjusted (split and dividend) Yahoo Finance historical data.

Month-end resolution, no taxes or fees, and history never guarantees the future. For exact-date precision (including buying at a panic low), use the BKNG calculator page.

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Data: Yahoo Finance. As of 2026-08-. Not financial advice.