https://www.fool.com/investing/2023/05/31/if-you-invested-1000-in-verizon-in-2014-this-is-ho/
If you had invested $1,000 in Verizon on Feb. 21, 2014 -- the fateful day it took full control of Verizon Wireless by buying out Vodafone's (NASDAQ: VOD) 45% stake in the joint venture for a staggering $130 billion -- your investment would be worth roughly $740 today. Even if you had reinvested all your dividends, your stake would only be worth about $1,140.
To put that into perspective, a $1,000 investment in an S&P 500 index fund with reinvested dividends would have blossomed to $2,730 today. Let's see why Verizon underperformed the market by such a wide margin -- and whether it will ever recover.