What if you invested $10,000 in Amazon 10 years ago?
Amazon shares have soared 612% in the last 10 years alongside its immense success, even taking into account the sell-off in 2022. 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%.
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.
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.
Ten Year Stock Price Total Return for Amazon.com is calculated as follows: Last Close Price [ 174.45 ] / Adj Prior Close Price [ 18.09 ] (-) 1 (=) Total Return [ 864.4% ] Prior price dividend adjustment factor is 1.00.
Despite recent highs, considerations of past performance, financial strength, and growth potential reveal a positive outlook for 2024. Despite a 60% surge in the last year, Amazon shares have yet to reach their 2021 peak. '
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.
Amazon stock hit $2,000 per share for the first time Thursday. Shares rose as much as 1.4 percent to $2,025.57 but ultimately shied away from the record high to close at $2,002.38.
Had the average Joe decided to save $5,000 and spend it on Amazon's stock when it first hit the public markets 20 years ago, they be worth at least $2.4 million today. While those returns would have made the average Joe quite happy, $2.4 million would've hardly been noticeable in Buffett's now $72 billion net worth.
Wall Street analysts expect Amazon to reach a new high. Of the 60 Amazon stock analysts following the company, 98% hold a buy rating, according to FactSet. Further, FactSet data shows those analysts have, on average, set a 12-month price target of 206 for Amazon stock, according to FactSet.
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.
Will Amazon stock go back up to $2,000?
Well, most analysts tend to agree. The current Amazon stock forecast suggests this tech giant's fair value will reach $2,000 per share by 2030. And this comes with lightened projections due to the current bear market and overall uncertainty. Once the market recovers, these projections will most likely improve.
| Period (start-of-year to end-of-2023) | Average annual S&P 500 return |
|---|---|
| 5 years (2019-2023) | 15.36% |
| 10 years (2014-2023) | 11.02% |
| 15 years (2009-2023) | 12.63% |
| 20 years (2004-2023) | 9.00% |
| Year | Prediction | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2027 | $ 359.25 | 111.94% |
| 2028 | $ 461.46 | 172.23% |
| 2029 | $ 592.75 | 249.68% |
| 2030 | $ 761.39 | 349.17% |
But, with such great size, comes a set of unique risks. The biggest risks of investing in Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) stock are increasing competition, profit potential uncertainty, revenue growth uncertainty, speculative valuation and share price volatility.
- Amazon is the dominant player in two key markets: e-commerce and cloud computing.
- While its profit margin remains slim, its cash flows continue to surge higher.
- The stock's price-to-sales ratio is still down from its peak valuation.
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 invested $10,000 with founder Elon Musk 10 years ago, your stake would be worth $2.1 million now. That works out to a more than 70% average annual return. The same $10,000 put into the S&P 500 during that time grew just 274% to $37,376. That's just 14% compounded annually.
Accounting for the Tesla stock splits, this debut-day investor would hold 8,820 shares today. 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.
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. Keep in mind that this figure doesn't take into account dividends paid. On a nominal basis, Apple's shares have gained 142,537% since their IPO, or about 18.8% on an annualized basis.
HubSpot (NYSE: HUBS) and MercadoLibre (NASDAQ: MELI) fit that description. They have achieved five-year returns of 310% and 380%, respectively, qualifying both as stock split candidates in 2024. That share price appreciation was a product of financial strength and compelling growth prospects.
How many shares would $1000 buy at Amazon?
At the time of research, Amazon shares can be bought for $98.14. This means that it would be possible to buy 10 full shares of Amazon for $1,000. If your brokerage allows you to purchase fractional shares, you can buy 10.19 shares for $1,000.
Amazon's stock has split four times in total. The previous stock split occurred in July 1999, at 2:1. Before that, the stock split in November 1998 at 3:1, and in April 1998 at 2:1. Amazon has not indicated that its stock will split again anytime soon.
He founded Amazon in 1994 out of his garage with a $10,000 investment and help from his now ex-wife Mackenzie Scott. 7 Scott received a 4% stake in Amazon, worth $36 billion, at the time of their divorce in 2019. 8 Bezos stepped down as the CEO of Amazon in 2021 but has stayed on as the executive chair.
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).
In dollar terms, that $1,000 investment in 1986 would be worth a whopping $3.23 million today.
