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If You Had Invested $100 in These 6 Megastores 10 Years Ago, Here’s How Much You’d Have Now

John Csiszar

Thu, May 15, 2025, 6:04 AM 4 min read

Big-box retailers, also known as supercenters or megastores, are giant retail establishments with large physical footprints that resell products from other manufacturers. Most of the big-box stores are household names, such as Costco, Walmart, Target and Home Depot. While all of these companies have obviously been successful, how much of that success has passed through to investors who have owned their stock? The results have varied dramatically. Here’s a look at how much you’d have if you invested just $100 in six well-known big-box stores over the past 10 years.

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Stock price in 2015: $122.44
Stock price in 2025: $1,007.71
Gain (%): 723%
Current value of $100 invested in 2015: $823

Costco is one of the most-beloved companies in the world. Thanks to a number of factors, from its reputation for having low costs, its “treasure hunt” shopping experience and the way it takes care of its employees, millions of consumers are happy to pay an annual fee simply to shop at its stores. Shareholders have been handsomely rewarded as well.

Stock price in 2015: $21.64
Stock price in 2025: $97.43
Gain (%): 350%
Current value of $100 invested in 2015: $450

Walmart is the largest retailer in the world and it’s the very epitome of the big-box retailer. Its huge size allows it to negotiate great deals on the products it sells, allowing it to live up to its previous tagline of “always low prices.” In recent years, it has made up ground in its online division, allowing it to become a better rival to online leader Amazon. This strategic change has helped prop up its share price.

Stock price in 2015: $60.80
Stock price in 2025: $96.93
Gain (%): 59%
Current value of $100 invested in 2015: $159

Target and Walmart both opened in 1962 and they have been heated rivals for more than six decades. They offer a slightly different shopping experience, as Target strives to create a more pleasant shopping experience and focuses on slightly more stylish and fashionable offerings while Walmart focuses on being the low-price leader. Target has had much more of a struggle the last 10 years than most of its competitors, however and it has not kept up with the overall market either.

Stock price in 2015: $88.95
Stock price in 2025: $364.86
Gain (%): 310%
Current value of $100 invested in 2015: $410

Home Depot is the leader in the home improvement retail space, at more than three times the size of its primary competitor, Lowe’s. The stock has been an absolute home run in terms of performance, both over the past decade and all the way back to its founding in 1978. Its importance to the economy is signified by its inclusion in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, much like its fellow retail leader Walmart.

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