Amazon (AMZN) issued its initial public offering almost 25 years ago on 17th May 1997 at the stock price of $18 for a share in NASDAQ. Since then it has become one of the biggest successes in tech industry.
If you had invested $1000 at Amazon’s IPO and held on to the share, it would be valued about $1.65 Million today (16th Jan 2022).
For those of us who did not do it or could not have done it, it is worthwhile to look at the growth Amazon’s recent returns and ask what if you had invested in recent times say 10 years ago, or 5 years ago.
Here you will learn the value investment made in Amazon, 3 years ago, 5 years ago and 10 years ago.
If you invested in Amazon 3 years ago, what will be its value now?
You would have almost doubled you money, if you had invested 3 years ago in Amazon. For example, if you had bought Amazon stock for $1000, as of Jan 16 2022 it is valued about $1925.
The quick summary of the value of investment made in Amazon 3 years ago, does not tell the full story.
Here is a look at the value of $1000 investment daily since Jan 2019.
If you invested in Amazon 5 years ago, what will be its value now?
If you are wiser and had invested $1000 in Amazon 5 years ago on Jan 2017, it would have grown to be about $4000 as 16 Jan 2022.
If you invested in Amazon 10 years ago, it will be worth about $17.5K now
If you had invested $1000 in Amazon almost 10 years ago and held on to it, it will be worth $17,850 as of 16th Jan 2022.
And here is how the growth $1000 invested in Amazon 10 years ago would look like
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