AppleHindsight Is Goldenby Felix Richter, Jan 3, 2020Apple Hindsight is golden - rarely was that phrase more fitting than in the case of Apple. If only you had put faith in that bespectacled man in a turtleneck sweater back in 2007, believed that he was indeed holding a revolutionary device in his hands, and invested $1,000 in his company right then, you would be looking at a nice return today. Show On Thursday, Apple shares closed at a new all-time high of $300.35 (on a split-adjusted basis), adding $30 billion to the companys market capitalization of now $1.335 trillion. If you had bought $1,000 worth of Apple shares on January 9, 2007, the day Steve Jobs unveiled the original iPhone at MacWorld 2007, your investment would now be worth $26,103. Thats only part of the story though. If you had put your chips on Apple and Steve Jobs even earlier, say when the company surprised the world with the first iPod in October 2001, your investment would have grown to $265,796 by now. And if you had taken a leap of faith the day Steve Jobs formally returned to Apple, a company in turmoil, in September 1997, you could easily buy a house today from the money that investment would have made you. While calculations like this should always be taken with a grain of salt after all hindsight is golden, and nobody could have foreseen Apples bright future in 1997 its still a fun way of illustrating the companys rise over the past two decades and to show the potential of long-term investments, although choosing Apple to do so is admittedly the very definition of cherry picking. DescriptionThis chart shows the current market value of $1,000 invested in Apple shares at selected turning points in the company's history. Download Chart + Premium statistics Apple Inc: net sales APAC 2013-Q3 2020 + Premium statistics Apple Inc: operating income APAC 2013-2020 + Premium statistics Greenpeace's Clean Energy Index: energy performance of Apple, Inc. 2016 Price of selected acquisitions by Apple Inc. 2017 + Premium statistics Mobile phone brands used in Belgium 2014-2020 + Premium statistics Mobile phone brands used in the Netherlands 2014-2020 Related InfographicsBCG Global Innovation SurveysThe Most Innovative Companies Over TimeApr 16, 2021 GAFAMA Decade of Growth for GAFAMDec 12, 2019 Tech GiantsWho Stands Out Among Tech Giants for U.S. Consumers?May 3, 2019 Autonomous CarsThe Self-Driving Car Companies Going The DistanceFeb 15, 2021 ChinaChina tariffs: are these Trump's next target?Nov 27, 2018 JapaniPhone dominates the Japanese marketMay 16, 2018 Classroom TechApple Is Falling Behind in the Educational MarketMar 28, 2018 Most valuable companiesTencent Joins U.S. Tech Quintet in $500 Billion ClubNov 22, 2017 Tax HavensWhich Companies Have The Most Tax Havens?Oct 25, 2017 Tax HavensWho's Stashing the Most Money Offshore?Oct 24, 2017 Best EmployersThe World's Best Employers 2017Oct 17, 2017 Statista Infographics VideoWhere are the Big 4 of Tech heading?Dec 18, 2018 Any more questions?Get in touch with us quickly and easily.We are happy tohelp!Do you still have questions? Feel free to contact us anytime using our contact form or visit our FAQ page. Your contact to the Infographics Newsroom Felix Richter Data Journalist +49 (40) 284 841 557 Statista Content & Information DesignNeed infographics, animated videos, presentations, data research or social media charts? More Information |