How much is $10 000 invested in Amazon 20 years ago?
Those gains translate to a 23.2% compound annual growth rate for Amazon compared to a 6.2% CAGR for the S&P 500 in that time. As a result, $10,000 in AMZN stock purchased 20 years ago would now be worth $645,262. A $10,000 investment in the S&P over the same period, however, would amount to $33,452.
Those gains translate to a 36.6% compound annual growth rate for Apple compared to a 7.4% CAGR for the S&P 500 in that time. That means that $10,000 in AAPL stock purchased 20 years ago would be worth about $5.08 million today, assuming reinvested dividends.
That's a whopping 8,230% increase! A chart of Amazon's annual revenue spanning 20 years from 2004 to 2023. Online sales accounted for 40.3% of Amazon's total revenue in 2023, so e-commerce remains the company's single largest segment.
If you had invested in Amazon ten years ago, you're probably feeling pretty good about your investment today. According to our calculations, a $1000 investment made in November 2013 would be worth $8,061.01, or a gain of 706.10%, as of November 21, 2023, and this return excludes dividends but includes price increases.
If you had invested $1,000 in Apple stock on Feb. 4, 1997, today, you would have $1,343,269. Likewise, if you had invested $1,000 in an index fund replicating Nasdaq, you would have $11,038. A similar $1,000 investment in an index fund that replicates the S&P 500 would be worth $6,140.
The table below shows the present value (PV) of $10,000 in 20 years for interest rates from 2% to 30%. As you will see, the future value of $10,000 over 20 years can range from $14,859.47 to $1,900,496.38.
As a result, those who bought $10,000 worth of Amazon's stock in January 2013 would have $78,138.51 today, with an annual rate of return of 22.42%. The growth proves the importance of holding stocks over the long term, as doing so can safeguard your investment against short-term headwinds.
Investors who bought $1,000 of Amazon shares at the time of its IPO could have bought 18.55 AMZN shares based on the $18 price point. Stock splits of Amazon in June 1998 (2:1), January 1999 (3:1), September 1999 (2:1) and June 2022 (20:1) would have turned the 18.55 AMZN shares into 13,334.4 shares today.
Since going public in 1997, Amazon stock has generated a total percent change of roughly 182,900%, which also incorporates the various stock splits that have happened along the way. That means that if you had invested $4,000 in Amazon in 1997, you would now have roughly $7.32 million.
If Amazon maintains its current valuations, matches analysts' expectations, and grows its EPS at a CAGR of 20% from 2025 to 2030, its market cap would reach $5.5 trillion by the final year.
What if you invested $1 000 in Amazon 5 years ago?
Five years ago, Amazon shares were $70.26 each. So, with $1,000 to invest, I could have bought 14 shares, leaving me $16.36 as spare change. At today's share price of $97.24, my position would be worth $1,361.36. Despite the roller-coaster ride, that's still a respectable 38% return over five years.
AMZN is a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) stock, with a Growth Style Score of A and VGM Score of B. Earnings are expected to grow 39% year-over-year for the current fiscal year, with sales growth of 11.5%. 15 analysts revised their earnings estimate upwards in the last 60 days for fiscal 2024.
Amazon stock hits $3,000 for the first time as investors continue betting on Seattle tech giant.
Factoring in the company's five stock splits, these 454 shares would have increased to 101,696 shares, as of today. With Apple closing last week at $140.09, it means an initial $10,000 investment nearly 42 years ago would now be worth $14,246,593.
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 almost $530,000. The same $1,000 invested in the S&P 500 would have theoretically turned into $6,186 over the same period.
But if you were smart enough to invest $1,000 in Apple stock at the start of the year 2000, you'd be sitting on a monster gain of 21,230%. This means that modest investment would be worth a whopping $213,000 today (as of July 27).
Over the years, that money can really add up: If you kept that money in a retirement account over 30 years and earned that average 6% return, for example, your $10,000 would grow to more than $57,000. In reality, investment returns will vary year to year and even day to day.
Historically, the stock market has an average annual rate of return between 10–12%. So if your $1 million is invested in good growth stock mutual funds, that means you could potentially live off of $100,000 to $120,000 each year without ever touching your one-million-dollar goose.
The table below shows the present value (PV) of $3,000 in 20 years for interest rates from 2% to 30%. As you will see, the future value of $3,000 over 20 years can range from $4,457.84 to $570,148.91.
Over the last 10 years, Amazon stock has been a beast, returning roughly 856% to investors. That amounts to almost nine times your initial investment in a single decade. That return far outweighs that of the S&P 500, which managed a still impressive 174% over the same period.
Has Amazon stock ever been $2,000?
Amazon stock hit $2,000 per share for the first time Thursday.
That means a $10,000 investment at its IPO would be worth a cool $13 million today. Even a more modest investment of $1,000 would have yielded a profit of about $1.3 million. Image source: Getty Images.
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Jeff Bezos: Owns 937,774,000 Amazon shares, or 9.02% of shares outstanding. Amazon's founder, executive chairman, and former CEO remains its largest stakeholder, with his stake in Amazon worth about $166 billion. Bezos gifted around $240 million worth of Amazon shares in 2023.
In total, he gave up 20% to early investors, according to a 2013 article on Geekwire. The 22 people who leaped included Bezos's parents, Mike and Jackie Bezos, as well as his younger brother Mark and sister Christina. Bezos's parents emerged as major winners after investing $300,000 for a 6% stake in the company.
The all-time high Amazon stock closing price was 186.12 on July 08, 2021. The Amazon 52-week high stock price is 181.41, which is 1.4% above the current share price.
