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If you had invested $1,000 in Apple stock (1980–2024)

$1,000 of Apple (AAPL) stock bought at the end of 1980 would have been worth $2,134,041 at the end of 2024 — 2,134x your money. Bought at the end of 2000, it would be $1,117,374 (1,117x). Bought ten years before that, at the end of 2014, it would be $10,188 (10.2x).

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Apple by the numbers

$1,000 at end of 1980 → end of 2024$2,134,0412,134x · +19.0% a year

Last 10 years (2014 → 2024)10.2x$1,000 → $10,188

Best year1998: +212.0%Year-end to year-end

Worst year2000: -71.1%Year-end to year-end

Deepest drop from a peak-77%Peak at end of 1992 → end of 1997 · back to the peak by end of 1999

Best 10-year hold74.9xEnd of 2002 → end of 2012

Worst 10-year hold0.34xEnd of 1987 → end of 1997

Founded in 1976 and listed in December 1980. Steve Jobs returned during the 1997 crisis, and after the iPod (2001) and iPhone (2007) Apple became one of the most valuable companies in the world.

The ride wasn't smooth, though. Someone who bought at the end-of-1992 peak was down 77% by the end of 1997 and needed 7 years to get back to even. The ending looks easy; sitting through the middle was not.

$1,000 invested at the end of each year, valued at the end of 2024

Bought	Value end of 2024	Multiple	Per year
End of 1980	$2,134,041	2,134x	+19.0%
End of 1981	$3,292,925	3,293x	+20.7%
End of 1982	$2,437,410	2,437x	+20.4%
End of 1983	$2,988,171	2,988x	+21.6%
End of 1984	$2,501,165	2,501x	+21.6%
End of 1985	$3,310,463	3,310x	+23.1%
End of 1986	$1,798,957	1,799x	+21.8%
End of 1987	$862,950	863x	+20.0%
End of 1988	$892,696	893x	+20.8%
End of 1989	$1,009,402	1,009x	+21.9%
End of 1990	$817,546	818x	+21.8%
End of 1991	$617,679	618x	+21.5%
End of 1992	$577,773	578x	+22.0%
End of 1993	$1,166,115	1,166x	+25.6%
End of 1994	$862,351	862x	+25.3%
End of 1995	$1,043,289	1,043x	+27.1%
End of 1996	$1,592,670	1,593x	+30.1%
End of 1997	$2,534,310	2,534x	+33.7%
End of 1998	$812,205	812x	+29.4%
End of 1999	$323,382	323x	+26.0%
End of 2000	$1,117,374	1,117x	+34.0%
End of 2001	$759,132	759x	+33.4%
End of 2002	$1,160,130	1,160x	+37.8%
End of 2003	$777,897	778x	+37.3%
End of 2004	$258,141	258x	+32.0%
End of 2005	$115,625	116x	+28.4%
End of 2006	$97,977	98.0x	+29.0%
End of 2007	$41,964	42.0x	+24.6%
End of 2008	$97,389	97.4x	+33.1%
End of 2009	$39,445	39.4x	+27.8%
End of 2010	$25,769	25.8x	+26.1%
End of 2011	$20,524	20.5x	+26.2%
End of 2012	$15,482	15.5x	+25.6%
End of 2013	$14,326	14.3x	+27.4%
End of 2014	$10,188	10.2x	+26.1%
End of 2015	$10,504	10.5x	+29.9%
End of 2016	$9,339	9.34x	+32.2%
End of 2017	$6,290	6.29x	+30.0%
End of 2018	$6,649	6.65x	+37.1%
End of 2019	$3,519	3.52x	+28.6%
End of 2020	$1,930	1.93x	+17.9%
End of 2021	$1,433	1.43x	+12.8%
End of 2022	$1,948	1.95x	+39.6%
End of 2023	$1,307	1.31x	+30.7%

How it's calculated

Returns use each year's last closing price, adjusted for stock splits with dividends reinvested. Read every figure as "bought at the end of one year, sold at the end of another."
Taxes, trading fees and inflation are not included; all amounts are nominal US dollars.
Data runs through the end of 2024. Past returns don't guarantee future results, and this page is not investment advice.

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