How much would you have today if you invested $1,000 in Apple stock ten years ago and, of course, held onto it for the past decade?
Anyone can invest, but building a successful investment portfolio takes a combination of a few things: research, patience, and a little bit of risk. So, if you had invested in Apple a decade ago, you’re probably feeling pretty good about your investment today.
A $1,000 investment made in March 2012 would be worth $7,995.58, or a 699.56% gain, as of March 24, 2022, according to our calculations. Investors should note that this return excludes dividends… Compare this to the S&P 500’s rally of 218.96% and gold’s return of 12.55% over the same time frame.
Looking ahead, analysts are expecting more upside for AAPL.
Apple expects to achieve solid year-over-year revenue growth and set a second quarter revenue record despite significant supply constraints, which it estimates to be less than the fiscal first quarter. App Store, Cloud Services, Music, advertising and AppleCare will continue to drive Services growth. Shares have outperformed the S&P 500 in the past year.
The stock is up 6.33% over the past four weeks, and no earnings estimate has gone lower in the past two months, compared to 12 higher, for fiscal 2022. The consensus estimate has moved up as well.
MacDailyNews Take: If you bought Apple stock on the first trading day after Apple agreed on Friday, December 24, 1996 to acquire NeXT with Steve Jobs returning to Apple, it’d have cost you 18-cents* per share.
$1,000 invested in AAPL on December 26, 1996 would have bought you 5,555.55 shares which today would be worth $954,777.77, an increase of 95,377.78%.
*Adjusted for splits and dividends.
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I know the answer to this its $400,000± depending on today’s market prices.
I invested rather more than that and much more than ten years ago. Almost ten years ago I sold some of my AAPL so that I could buy my house outright and I’ve been living rent and mortgage free since then and still have quite a nice pile of AAPL.. There have been some scary ups and downs along the way, but it’s proved to be an excellent investment.
$5000 in 1997 now over $1 mill.
In 2006 I bought $20k worth of Apple stock, $10k at around $80 per share then another $10k at around $90 per share. Since then, there have been 2 splits that I recall, a 2-for-1 and a 7-for-1. Today, I have 3068 shares @ $172.15 per share, for a total value of $528,267.94. Apple stock has out performed all my other investments by a wide margin.
$5k in 1998. Sold some after the first split, wish I hadn’t, but still will be enough to retire on by itself. My whole family has done well on Apple’s stock, even if they only kept it for a couple years.
Based on the comments above and other comments I’ve read over the years on MDN, more than a few readers of this blog actually did that (or better). 95,000%!!! Ho-ly s! Congratulations to all. For myself, I don’t have a gain that big, but I’m very happy with my return over the years. Not going to be eating cat food in my retirement years.
The only mistake I have ever made with my Apple Investment over 25 years is selling part of it at various times. I still have a bunch, but if I had never sold any WOOWW!! I say selling was a mistake because I didn’t sell out of need, but out of fear. I have learned my lesson!