Those gains translate to a 38.4% compound annual growth rate for Apple compared to a 7.8% CAGR for the S&P 500 in that time. As a result, $10,000 in AAPL stock purchased 20 years ago would be worth about $6.62 million today, assuming reinvested dividends.
If you had invested $10,000 in Microsoft at the time, your investment would now be worth more than $9 million. Apple went public in December 1980 with its IPO priced at a pre-split price of $22 per share. A $10,000 invested in Apple back then would now be worth more than $1.6 million.
A $1,000 investment could have purchased 7,692.31 shares of AAPL. The $1,000 investment in AAPL shares would be wroth $1,331,385 today, based on a price of $173.08 for AAPL shares at the time of writing. According to CashNetUSA, a $1,000 investment in Apple in December 1980 would be worth $651,000 today.
The closing price for Apple (AAPL) in 1990 was $0.31, on December 31, 1990. It was up 23.5% for the year. The latest price is $190.54.
Currently, Apple has a market capitalization of $2.89 trillion. Buying $1000 In AAPL: If an investor had bought $1000 of AAPL stock 20 years ago, it would be worth $589,234.97 today based on a price of $183.62 for AAPL at the time of writing.
Those gains translate to a 38.4% compound annual growth rate for Apple compared to a 7.8% CAGR for the S&P 500 in that time. As a result, $10,000 in AAPL stock purchased 20 years ago would be worth about $6.62 million today, assuming reinvested dividends.
Apple's stock on November 9, 2001 was just $0.33 a share (split-adjusted) according to Google Finance. This means, the $399.99 iPod price tag, would have bought around 1,209 shares. Today, Apple's stock is worth around $162 a share. That means those 1,209 shares would be worth around $197,831 today.
The closing price for Apple (AAPL) in 2003 was $0.32, on December 31, 2003. It was up 48.8% for the year. The latest price is $190.84.
The closing price for Apple (AAPL) in 1999 was $0.78, on December 31, 1999. It was up 144.1% for the year. The latest price is $186.69.
It first reached $1 trillion in value in mid-2018, and it achieved a $2 trillion valuation in August 2020, making it the first US company to surpass that level, though Saudi Aramco was the first $2 trillion company overall.
Returns From Apple: A $1,000 investment in Apple on May 5, 1998 — the day the first iMac debuted — would have fetched 4,348 Apple shares. The stock traded at an adjusted price of $0.23 on that day.
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.
Accounting for the Tesla stock splits, this debut-day investor would hold 8,820 shares today. In other words, a $10,000 investment in Tesla's IPO in 2010 would now be worth a staggering $2,643,178. For those of you keeping score at home, this equates to a 26,332% increase in value in just over 12 years.
The value of $10,000 in 20 years depends on factors like inflation and investment returns. Assuming an average annual inflation rate of 2%, the future value of $10,000 would be approximately $6,730 in today's dollars. However, investing an average annual return of 7% could grow to around $38,697.
It was projected that Apple's share price would reach $220 by the end of 2023, $250 in 2024, $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.
The closing price for Apple (AAPL) in 2002 was $0.22, on December 31, 2002. It was down 35% for the year. The latest price is $188.04.
An amount of $1,000 invested in Apple stock in June 1998 -- 24 years ago -- would have turned into roughly $550,000 today. By comparison, if invested at the time of Apple's IPO, the amount of $1,000 would have been $1.1 million today.
The Bottom Line. If you'd invested $1,000 in Apple in September 2017, you'd have around $3,900 by September 2022. You could have had even more — nearly $4,600 — if you'd sold at the stock's peak over the past five years, though.
It tracked a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the S&P 500 stock index made on Jan 1, 1980 through the end of 2022. If the money was left untouched, the $10,000 invested in 1980 was worth $1.26 million at the end of 2022.
And if you had given your $1,000 investment a decade to grow, you'd have about $6,665 now — up nearly 540%, according to CNBC's calculations, which also factors in the company's various stock splits over the years.
Buying $100 In AAPL: If an investor had bought $100 of AAPL stock 20 years ago, it would be worth $41,002.74 today based on a price of $173.98 for AAPL at the time of writing.
$10,000 invested in the S&P 500 at the beginning of 2000 would have grown to $32,527 over 20 years — an average return of 6.07% per year.
“I think in 2025 it (Tesla) will be $500 to $600 (per share). And in eight to ten years, we ought to be somewhere around $4.5 trillion.” A market capitalization of $4.5 trillion would make Tesla more valuable than Apple and Saudi Aramco combined, a claim that Musk made in 2022.