Apple - 44 Year Stock Price History | AAPL (2024)

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What was Apple stock worth in 1984? ›

The closing price for Apple (AAPL) in 1984 was $0.10, on December 31, 1984. It was up 19.5% for the year. The latest price is $169.34.

The all-time high Apple stock closing price was 197.86 on December 14, 2023. The Apple 52-week high stock price is 199.62, which is 15.6% above the current share price.

The closing price for Apple (AAPL) in 1994 was $0.29, on December 30, 1994. It was up 34.1% for the year. The latest price is $175.04.

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 $168.15.

If you had invested $1,000 in Apple stock on Jan. 24, 1984, today, you would have $1,593,809.

These three are gigantic trillion-dollar companies today, but they weren't always that large. Apple debuted on the public markets in 1980. If you invested $1,000 in the company, then your investment would now be worth nearly $1.5 million.

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.

Indeed, Apple shares will never get back to $700, says The Economist.

Arthur Levinson is Apple's largest individual shareholder, owning 4.43 million shares as of February 2024. His stake accounts for only 0.028% of Apple's total outstanding stock. Levinson chairs Apple's board and is also the co-founder and CEO of Calico, an Alphabet Inc.

The movie timeline would follow the investment being made in Apple after Hurricane Carmen in 1974 and was likely a hypothetical $100,000 stake for 3% of the company.

What year was Apple stock the cheapest? ›

The lowest closing price for Apple (AAPL) all-time was $0.04, on July 8, 1982. The latest price is $169.34.

Apple Stock Price Forecast 2024-2025

The forecasted Apple price at the end of 2024 is $183 - and the year to year change -4%. The rise from today to year-end: +7%. In the middle of 2024, we expect to see $181.

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.

$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%.

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.

In any case, a $10,000 investment in Apple stock made in February 1984 -- held to today, with dividends reinvested -- would now be worth $22.8 million. Turning to the present, it's clear that artificial intelligence (AI) is about to change the world.

Shares in Staar, a small, over-the- counter company, rose eightfold to close at $9 in 1984, making it the best performing stock of the year in terms of percentage gain.