# Most radical stock gains?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-radical-stock-gains/562447>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 30, 2010, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-radical-stock-gains/562447 "2010-11-30T19:34:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![TNWPsycho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/47e85d/32.png) [@TNWPsycho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TNWPsycho)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-radical-stock-gains/562447/1 "2010-11-30T19:34:43Z")

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I got into the stock market about 8 months ago. I did pretty well with some of the bigger names so i sold a few shares and invested in penny OTC stocks.

One company i invested in was a development stage company and i bought 5000 shares for $3. So im not very worried if i lose my entire investment.

BUt my question is, has a company ever went from $0.0005 a share to $70+?

Whats the most extreme stock growth ever?

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-radical-stock-gains/562447/2 "2010-11-30T19:44:01Z")

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I really think if you’re holding any particular security for less than a year you’re Doing It Wrong, but to each his own.

If you adjust for splits, Wal-Mart was trading at less than a penny a share at IPO. (It was not ever a true penny stock, though, because of all the splits.) It’s now around $54, but was trading in the $70’s in the late 1990s.