Long-term Amazon investors have come to expect outperformance over the past 20 years. Since 2004, Amazon's market capitalization has skyrocketed from tens of billions of dollars to more than $2.3 trillion, making Amazon one of the most valuable companies in the entire market.
On the earnings side, earnings per share (EPS) are expected to rise 20% in 2025, although projections indicate a 77% gain for 2024. That said, 20% earnings growth is still impressive and is reason enough to own the stock, as long as it can be purchased at a fair price.
Did you know that a $1,000 investment in Amazon's IPO in 1997 would be worth $1.87 million today? That's a staggering return of over 186,900% 🚀 ✨ But it wasn't all smooth sailing. Investors had to endure a 95% drop during the dot-com bust, waiting until 2009 to recover.
Ten Year Stock Price Total Return for Amazon.com is calculated as follows: Last Close Price [ 218.94 ] / Adj Prior Close Price [ 14.74 ] (-) 1 (=) Total Return [ 1,385.6% ] Prior price dividend adjustment factor is 1.00.
The Future of Amazon
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.
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.
What does that look like on a brokerage statement? Check out the above chart and you'll see that if you invested $1,000 in Apple stock 20 years ago, it would today be worth more than $290,000. The same $1,000 invested in the S&P 500 would theoretically have turned into about $7,600 over the same period.
Сan Amazon reach $1000 again? Some bullish forecasts suggest it could reach $800 or even $1,000, reflecting a highly optimistic outlook. However, this figure is subject to numerous market conditions and the company's performance over the coming years.
Amazon (AMZN) does not pay a dividend.
Analysts See 13% Upside For Amazon Stock
Amazon joined the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average earlier this year. Despite the stock's recent push to record highs, Wall Street analysts still see room to run for Amazon. Of the 72 stock analysts following Amazon, 94% have a buy rating, according to FactSet.
Apple long term stock forecast is anticipated to be $315 in 2025, $370 in 2026, $425 in 2027, $465 in 2028, and $480 in 2029. In 2030, analysts anticipate Apple shares will be worth $510.
Amazon (AMZN -0.22%) ended 2024 on a high note, up 44% in 52 weeks. But more importantly, it's coming into the year with all systems go to leverage its e-commerce platform to gain market share and harness the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to supercharge its cloud platform.
With that, you could expect your $10,000 investment to grow to $34,000 in 20 years.
When you run out of stock, Amazon will automatically remove your listing, marking it as “inactive”. And when you don't have an active listing, you can't sell!
If Amazon grows its earnings per share (EPS) by an average of 25% annually over the next three years, it could achieve an EPS of around $9.25 by FY 2027 (up from an estimated $4.74 in FY 2024). Applying a 35x P/E ratio in line with Amazon's historical average suggests a fair stock value of over $300.
As the Amazon marketplace grows increasingly competitive so are many Millionaires made.
For our example, let's say you invest $10,000 in a 401(k) today and you aim to withdraw it in 20 years. While it's invested, you earn a 10% average annual return. After two decades, your $10,000 would be worth $67,275.
Summing up $93,682 and $7,748, we end up with the final value of your investment, which is $101,430. This is how much you could have made if you had invested $10,000 in Apple stock 10 years ago. This means a total return of 914.3%. In comparison, S&P 500 total return for the same period is 257.58%.
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.
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). As this chart shows, the share price has risen year-on-year.