The S&P 500 total return index has gone from 1330 to 2081 in the same time frame. So if Microsoft had paid you $31 dollars a share and you had reinvested it in

The S&P 500 total return index has gone from 1330 to 2081 in the same time frame. So if Microsoft had paid you $31 dollars a share and you had reinvested it in the market, it would be worth $48.5 or thereabouts. Even if it does catch up, it will have taken more than 7 years to do so.