How Apple turned $10,000 into $40.5 million

A $10,000 investment in Apple at its 1980 IPO would have reached $40.5 million by August 2026, compared to $1.8 million in the S&P 500.

SOURCE: Bloomberg; LSEG; Robert Shiller (reconstructed S&P Composite monthly gross total-return index); S&P Global Market Intelligence.