If You Invested $1000 in Tenet Healthcare a Decade Ago, This is How Much It'd Be Worth Now

How much a stock's price changes over time is a significant driver for most investors. Not only can price performance impact your portfolio, but it can help you compare investment results across sectors and industries as well.The fear of missing out, or FOMO, also plays a factor in investing, especially with particular tech giants, as well as popular consumer-facing stocks.What if you'd invested in Tenet Healthcare (THC) ten years ago? It may not have been easy to hold on to THC for all that time, but if you did, how much would your investment be worth today?Tenet Healthcare's Business In-DepthWith that in mind, let's take a look at Tenet Healthcare's main business drivers.Founded in 1967 and headquartered in Dallas, TX, Tenet Healthcare Corp., is an investor-owned health care services company, which owns and operates general hospitals and related health care facilities for urban and rural communities in numerous states, and has offices in California and Florida. The company has investments in other health care companies and is one of the largest investor-owned health care delivery systems in the United States.Tenet Healthcare and its subsidiaries provide healthcare services primarily through general hospitals and related healthcare facilities. Its hospitals offer acute care services, operating and recovery rooms, radiology services, respiratory therapy services, clinical laboratories, and pharmacies; intensive care, critical and coronary care units; physical therapy along with orthopedic, oncology, and outpatient services. The related health care facilities include rehabilitation hospitals, specialty hospitals and long-term care facilities.As of Dec 31, 2024, the company operated an expansive care network that included 49 hospitals and more than 575 other healthcare facilities, including ambulatory surgery centers, urgent care centers, imaging centers, surgical hospitals, off-campus emergency departments and micro-hospitals through its units, partnerships and joint ventures. Effective fourth-quarter 2023, the company combined its Conifer segment with the Hospital segment and now has two reporting segments: Hospital Operations and Services and Ambulatory Care.Hospital Segment (78.1% of total segment revenues in 2024): It includes 61 hospitals catering to primarily urban and suburban communities in nine states. The unit also provides a number of services primarily to healthcare providers to assist them in generating sustainable improvements in their operating margins, while also managing patient, physician and employee satisfaction.Ambulatory Care (21.9%): The company's Ambulatory Care segment includes the operations of its USPI joint venture and its Aspen facilities. Bottom LineAnyone can invest, but building a successful investment portfolio takes a combination of a few things: research, patience, and a little bit of risk. So, if you had invested in Tenet Healthcare a decade ago, you're probably feeling pretty good about your investment today.A $1000 investment made in November 2015 would be worth $6,480.57, or a gain of 548.06%, as of November 26, 2025, according to our calculations. This return excludes dividends but includes price appreciation.In comparison, the S&P 500's gained 223.90% and the price of gold went up 270.95% over the same time frame.Analysts are anticipating more upside for THC.Tenet Healthcare's performance is fueled by increasing revenues per adjusted admissions, while its strategy of acquisitions and alliances expands the scale of its business through inorganic growth. The company's revenue per adjusted admission rose 6.5% year over year in the first nine months of 2025. Net operating revenues from the hospital segment are expected to be within $16.05-$16.2 billion in 2025. As of Sept. 30, 2025, USPI had interests in 530 ambulatory surgery centers and 26 surgical hospitals in 37 states. We expect admissions in Same-Hospital to rise 2.4% year over year in 2025. However, rising expenses might put pressure on its margins in the future. Its operating expenses rose 25% year over year in the first nine months of 2025. Its valuation remains a concern at current levels. As such, the stock warrants a cautious stance.The stock has jumped 6.76% over the past four weeks. Additionally, no earnings estimate has gone lower in the past two months, compared to 8 higher, for fiscal 2025; the consensus estimate has moved up as well.Free Report: Profiting from the 2nd Wave of AI ExplosionThe next phase of the AI explosion is poised to create significant wealth for investors, especially those who get in early. It will add literally trillion of dollars to the economy and revolutionize nearly every part of our lives.Investors who bought shares like Nvidia at the right time have had a shot at huge gains.But the rocket ride in the "first wave" of AI stocks may soon come to an end. 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