If I'd invested in Apple since 2020
$1,000 put into Apple at the end of 2020 would be worth about $2,194 today — a 2.19× return, or roughly 15.6% a year. Change the amount below to run your own number.
You'd have
$2,194
from $1,000 invested — up 119%.
The story behind the number
Apple since 2020 has been a remarkably smooth ride. $1,000 put in at the end of 2020 grew to $2,194 — a 2.19× return, or about 15.6% a year. That beat the S&P 500, which turned the same $1,000 into $1,984 — you'd have come out roughly 1.11× ahead of simply buying the index.
The ride mattered as much as the destination. The strongest single year was 2022, up 19%; the worst was 2022, down 12%.
Holding on took nerve: the position fell as much as 27% from its 2021 peak to its 2022 low, before climbing back above that high by 2023. Inflation takes a bite, too — consumer prices rose about 27% over the period, so in today's money the result is closer to 1.72× what you put in.
Common questions
- How much would I have if I'd invested $1,000 in Apple in 2020?
- $1,000 invested in Apple at the end of 2020 would be worth about $2,194 today — a 2.19× return, or roughly 15.6% per year.
- What were the best and worst years for Apple since 2020?
- The best year was 2022, up about 19%. The toughest was 2022, when it fell about 12%. Across the window, 29 of 66 years finished lower than they started.
- What was the biggest drop along the way?
- The steepest decline was about 27%, from a peak in 2021 to a low in 2022, with the value recovering above its prior high by 2023.
- Would I have done better in S&P 500?
- No — the S&P 500 turned $1,000 into about $1,984 over the same window, while Apple reached $2,194. Apple came out ahead.
The chart above shows the whole journey, not just the destination. Try switching to a bit each year to see how spreading your buying would have changed the outcome — or skip the latte to find out what a small daily habit could have grown into instead.
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