What if you invested $1 000 in Amazon 10 years ago?
$1,000 Invested in Amazon A Decade Ago Is Worth…
So, if you had invested in Amazon a decade ago, you're probably feeling pretty good about your investment today. A $1000 investment made in February 2014 would be worth $10,069.21, or a 906.92% gain, as of February 23, 2024, according to our calculations.
If I really wanted to impress you with big numbers, I'd point out that a $1,000 Amazon stake on the date of its initial public offering (IPO) in 1997 would have grown to $1.6 million by now. Getting in early on tomorrow's greatest winners can result in truly epic returns.
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.
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 hit $2,000 per share for the first time Thursday.
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.
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.
If you had invested in Netflix ten years ago, you're probably feeling pretty good about your investment today. According to our calculations, a $1000 investment made in February 2014 would be worth $9,138.15, or a gain of 813.81%, as of February 12, 2024, and this return excludes dividends but includes price increases.
In 1994, Bezos started with nothing but a plan to capitalize on the burgeoning potential of the Internet. He invested $10,000 from his personal savings to incorporate a company called Cadabra, Inc. Eventually, he changed the name to Amazon after one of his attorneys misheard the name as Cadaver.
How much $10000 invested in Tesla stock 10 years ago is worth now?
How Much Has Tesla Grown in the Past 10 Years? As of March 28, 2024, the price of Tesla's stock was $175.79. Ten years ago, at market close on March 28, 2014, Tesla's stock was trading at $14.16 per share. This means that $10,000 invested in Tesla in March 2014 would be worth about $124,145 today.
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.
Wall Street analysts expect Amazon to reach a new high. Of the 61 Amazon stock analysts following the company, 95% hold a buy rating, according to FactSet. Further, FactSet data shows those analysts have, on average, set a 12-month price target of 208.61 for Amazon stock, according to FactSet.
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. If Apple does the same thing and grows its EPS at a CAGR of 10% from fiscal 2026 to fiscal 2030, it would be worth $5.2 trillion.
Still, we can use Amazon stock's present valuation to at least figure out a plausible target price. Trading at around 50 times forward-looking earnings and a little less than 3 times its trailing-12-month sales, Amazon shares could be in the ballpark of $400 apiece in 2028.
As you can see in the above chart, if you had invested $1,000 in Amazon stock in early February 2004, it would today be worth almost $74,000. By comparison, the same sum invested in the S&P 500 over the same time frame would theoretically be worth about $6,500 today.
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) does not pay a dividend.
Historical daily share price chart and data for Amazon since 1997 adjusted for splits and dividends. The latest closing stock price for Amazon as of April 02, 2024 is 180.69. The all-time high Amazon stock closing price was 186.12 on July 08, 2021.
If you'd had the nerves of steel to invest $1,000 in Amazon in March, 2014 that investment would be worth $9,279 today. That's close to an 830% return, compared to 174% in the S&P 500 over the same period. That is a truly incredible figure. Few companies can claim this sort of compounding over any time frame.
How Much Has Tesla Grown in the Past 10 Years? As of March 28, 2024, the price of Tesla's stock was $175.79. Ten years ago, at market close on March 28, 2014, Tesla's stock was trading at $14.16 per share. This means that $10,000 invested in Tesla in March 2014 would be worth about $124,145 today.
What is the 10 year return on Amazon stock?
| Period | Return | Benchmark |
|---|---|---|
| 6 months | 44.88% | 23.08% |
| 1 year | 76.44% | 26.22% |
| 5 years (annualized) | 14.77% | 12.62% |
| 10 years (annualized) | 27.39% | 10.84% |
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.
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.
With Microsoft trading at fresh all-time highs, it seemed like a good time to see what $1,000 invested in Microsoft stock 20 years ago would be worth today. Have a look at the above chart and you'll see that if you put a grand into MSFT stock two decades ago, today it would be worth more than $24,000.
The table below shows the present value (PV) of $1,000 in 20 years for interest rates from 2% to 30%. As you will see, the future value of $1,000 over 20 years can range from $1,485.95 to $190,049.64.
