If You Invested $1,000 in Rivian Stock to Start 2026, Here's What It's Worth Now, and What's Next for the Automaker
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On Jan. 2, 2026, shares of electric-vehicle (EV) maker Rivian Automotive ( RIVN +8.11% ) opened at $19.78. On June 30, which marked the end of the first six months of the trading year, Rivian's stock price closed at $17.35, down 12.2%. Anyone who invested $1,000 at the start of the year is now looking at a loss in that investment. For the second half of 2026, Rivian could still reverse that decline, but meaningful stock price gains from today's levels are likely still a few years away. Through online brokers, investors can buy fractional shares of companies like Rivian, so they don't need to buy a whole share. Instead, they can invest specific dollar amounts, like $1,000. Any investor who bought $1,000 worth of Rivian on Jan. 2 at $19.78 would have about 50 shares. At the closing of the June 30 trading day, with shares at $17.35, that $1,000 investment would then have been worth around $877. That stock price decline has been largely due to the company continually burning cash as it builds up the infrastructure needed to ramp up production. In Rivian's 2026 first-quarter earnings results, capital expenditures climbed from $338 million in the first quarter of 2025 to $372 million in the first quarter of 2026.
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