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The Bureau of Historic Losses · Counterfactual Division

What if you'd bought Pro Medicus in 2016?

In July 2016 Pro Medicus landed a multi-million-dollar deal to roll Visage 7 across the Mayo Clinic, validation that turned a micro-cap into a market darling. The transaction-based licensing model meant revenue scaled with every scan — and the scans only multiplied.

$100 on 2016-01-03, worth today

A$5,024

As of 2026-06-12, $100 of Pro Medicus bought at 2016's open (A$3.26) is worth A$5,02450.2×.

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How much would $100 of Pro Medicus bought in 2016 be worth today?

You'd have put inYou'd have nowMultiple
A$100A$5,02450.2×
A$1,000A$50,23650.2×
A$10,000A$502,35950.2×

Lump sum on the year's first trading day, total return (dividends reinvested, splits adjusted), valued at the latest close. Past performance isn't a promise — it's a taunt.

What did Pro Medicus do in 2016?

Opened

A$3.26

2016-01-03

Peaked

A$6.28

2016-08-25

Bottomed

A$2.65

2016-02-29

Closed

A$4.59

2016-12-29

Levels are dividend-adjusted, so historical figures look lower than the headline price of the day — that's the total-return lens, and it's the honest one.

Would steady buying have beaten going all in?

A$54,600 deployed as $100 a week from 2016-01-03, under four temperaments — same money, different nerves.

All in on day oneA$2.7M
Steady weekly buysA$610,684
Sold dips, rebought ralliesA$587,042
Traded it perfectlyA$2.8M

“Traded it perfectly” requires knowing the future. Nobody knew the future.

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