A long-term holding
If you'd bought $10,000 worth of Amazon stock 10 years ago, today your investment would be worth more than $114,690.
The Numbers on Apple Stock
Those gains translate to a 32.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for Apple compared to an 8.3% CAGR for the S&P 500 in that time. That means that $10,000 in AAPL stock purchased 20 years ago would be worth more than $2.71 million today, assuming reinvested dividends.
So, if you had invested in Amazon ten years ago, you're likely feeling pretty good about your investment today. A $1000 investment made in December 2014 would be worth $14,983.08, or a gain of 1,398.31%, as of December 12, 2024, according to our calculations.
Amazon's growth
A $1,000 investment at the closing price on the day of the IPO and not sold would be worth roughly $1.87 million today. The stock made its debut on May 15, 1997, at a pre-split closing price of $23.50 per share ($0.098 per share split-adjusted).
With that, you could expect your $10,000 investment to grow to $34,000 in 20 years.
Then, the company held off on stock splits for quite some time, choosing to let shares appreciate in step with Amazon's growth. However, once its price moved and stayed well above $3,000 beginning in late 2020, the company couldn't hold out any longer.
To see what that looks like on a brokerage statement, check out the above chart and you'll see that if you invested $1,000 in NFLX stock 20 years ago, today it would be worth approximately $467,000.
Amazon shies off high after hitting $2,000 per share for the first time. It's a major milestone in the stock's climb to match Apple's $1 trillion market valuation.
Thanks to the combination of capital appreciation for the stock and cash returned directly to shareholders through dividend payments, Apple has delivered a total return of 885% over the last decade. That means that a $1,000 investment in the tech giant in late 2014 would now be worth almost $10,000.
If you invested $10,000 with founder Elon Musk 10 years ago, your stake would be worth $2.1 million now. That works out to a more than 70% average annual return. The same $10,000 put into the S&P 500 during that time grew just 274% to $37,376. That's just 14% compounded annually.
If You Bought Microsoft Stock 10 Years Ago
Currently, shares trade at $416.12, meaning your investment's value could have surged to $97,361 from stock price appreciation alone. However, Microsoft also paid dividends during these 10 years. Microsoft's dividend yield is currently 0.80%.
Analysts See 13% Upside For Amazon Stock
The 30-year-old Amazon is among the world's most valuable companies. It is a leader in e-commerce spending and in cloud computing through its Amazon Web Services business. It is also quickly growing its advertising business into a challenger to Google (GOOGL) and Meta (META).
Just ask investors in AI chip company Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA). A $10,000 investment made a decade ago would be worth over $2.6 million today.
(Bloomberg) -- Amazon.com Inc. is the world's first public company to lose a trillion dollars in market value as a combination of rising inflation, tightening monetary policies and disappointing earnings updates triggered a historic selloff in the stock this year.
After several stock splits, an investment of $1,000 in Amazon's IPO back in 1997 would now be worth around $2.5 million (as of July 1; at a share price of $197.2).
Of the 47 analysts who recommended Amazon in June, 44 rated it a buy or a strong buy. Forecasters predict that Amazon will reach $200 per share a year from now and will continue to rise to $250 per share at the end of 2026. In 2027, the prediction is for a price of $300, and $250 by the end of 2028.
The all-time high Amazon stock closing price was 232.93 on December 16, 2024.
NASDAQ: AMZN
Even starting with a relatively small $1,000 just 10 years ago, you would now have about $10,500. Placing the same amount in the S&P 500 would've resulted in about $3,300.
Had you invested $1,000 in Microsoft at its IPO, you would have acquired 47 shares at $21 per share. Adjusting for the stock splits, you'd actually have 13,536 shares today with a cost basis of $0.0729 per share. Given Microsoft now trades at $238.73 per share, that translates to a return of 327,401%.
For Netflix, if you bought shares a decade ago, you're likely feeling really good about your investment today. A $1000 investment made in November 2014 would be worth $14,248.59, or a 1,324.86% gain, as of November 7, 2024, according to our calculations.
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Amazon Stocks Price Target for 2030
We estimate Amazon's stock price to be $370 per share with 10% year-over-year revenue growth but compressed margins from more competition in its AWS unit.
The closing price for Apple (AAPL) in 2000 was $0.22, on December 29, 2000. It was down 71.6% for the year. The latest price is $233.74.