Apple Inc (AAPL) Stock 10 Year History

If you want to invest in stocks and be successful, you have to do your analysis. To help your analysis, this report gives you various insights from past 10-year performance of Apple Inc (AAPL) stock in NASDAQ exchange.

After reading this report, you will know the average annual return of Apple Inc (AAPL) stock and the performance compared to broader market indices. Additionally, you will see the relative performance against similar stocks.

This report has 6 sections that will help you gain valuable insights regarding Apple Inc (AAPL) stock's past 10-year history.

Note: We will update this report at most every month or at least every quarter (there can be exceptions). The data range used to generate this report is between 2008-09-16 and 2018-09-14.

Below is a table of contents to help you navigate between the sections.

AAPL Stock's Price Graph & Average Annual Return
How Apple Inc (AAPL) Stock Performed Against The Entire Stock Market
How Apple Inc (AAPL) Stock Performed Against Large Cap Stocks
AAPL Stock Vs Similar Market Cap Stocks
10 Biggest One-Day Gains
10 Biggest One-Day Losses

1 AAPL Stock's Price Graph & Average Annual Return

AAPL 10-Year Price Chart:

Below is a graph showing closing prices of Apple Inc (AAPL) for the past 10 years. The below chart uses adjusted close instead of market close prices. (Adjusted close factors in corporate or institutional level actions outside the market.)

Average Annual Return:

Assume you had invested in AAPL stock on 2008-09-16. Assume you had remained invested for 10 years through 2018-09-14. Then the average annual return can be calculated using the formula shown below.

R = 100 x [(EP/SP)^1/10 - 1]where,
EP - AAPL price at 2018-09-14 = 223.84
SP - AAPL price at 2008-09-16 = 17.709
and R stands for the annual return.

If we substitute the values, we will be able to find the R-value as follows.
R = 100 x [(223.84/17.709)^1/10 - 1]
= 28.88 %

The (above) calculated return corresponds to the past 10-year history of Apple Inc (AAPL). If you want to know the returns for the ongoing year (2018) visit the, 2018 performance report of AAPL stock.

Note:

We haven't factored in the dividends (if any) in the above calculation.
We have used geometric mean to calculate the average annual return.

An Interesting Question:

If you had invested 1000 $ in AAPL 10 years ago, how much your investment would have grown by now?

We just found the annual return to be 28.88% Higher%. Therefore, your investment now would be 12643.15$.

2 How Apple Inc (AAPL) Stock Performed Against The Entire Stock Market

You should not evaluate a stock in isolation. Rather, you will benefit more if you assess the performance against broad indices and similar stocks.

This section compares how AAPL performed relative to the NASDAQ composite index. (You can think of NASDAQ composite index as a reflection of the entire stock market.)

Below graph compares 10-Year returns of Apple Inc (AAPL) vs NASDAQ composite. The blue line represents AAPL stock while red represents the NASDAQ composite. Both the lines represent the percentage changes in the respective prices over time.

Company Name	10- Year Return (%)
Apple Inc (AAPL)	28.88%
NASDAQ (IXIC)	14.06%

Thus, Apple Inc (AAPL) has returned 105% Higher compared to NASDAQ composite.

3 How Apple Inc (AAPL) Stock Performed Against Large Cap Stocks

Apple Inc (AAPL) is a Large cap stock. (A Large-cap stock has a market valuation of Over $10 billion USD.)

Below section compares how Apple Inc (AAPL) has performed compared to other Large-cap stocks in general. We have compared the closing prices of Apple Inc (AAPL) against the Dow Jones Large Cap (DWL) index.

Company Name	10- Year Return (%)
Apple Inc (AAPL)	28.88%
Dow Jones Large Cap (DWL)	9.21%

Thus, Apple Inc (AAPL) has returned 214% Higher compared to Dow Jones Large Cap (DWL).

4 AAPL Stock Vs Similar Market Cap Stocks

Below section compares how Apple Inc (AAPL) has performed against other companies with similar Market Capitalization. We have compared the closing prices of Apple Inc (AAPL) against the Alphabet Inc.(GOOGL), Alphabet Inc.(GOOG) stocks.

Company Name	10- Year Return (%)
Apple Inc (AAPL)	28.88%
Alphabet Inc.(GOOGL)	18.15%
Alphabet Inc.(GOOG)	7.7%

Thus, AAPL has returned 59% Higher compared to Alphabet Inc.(GOOGL). AND 275% Higher compared to Alphabet Inc.(GOOG).

5 10 Biggest One-Day Gains

Knowing biggest one-day gains helps one to visualize the volatility of a stock. These days usually reflect a high volume of buying due to factors like good earnings.

Below table shows 10 biggest one-day gains of Apple Inc (AAPL) stock. The table also lists the dates to help you analyze what could have triggered the price movement.

Date	Open	Close	Gains
2008-10-10	85.7	96.8	12.95%
2008-11-24	85.21	92.95	9.08%
2015-08-24	94.87	103.12	8.70%
2008-11-13	89.87	96.44	7.31%
2008-12-03	89.4	95.9	7.27%
2008-10-06	91.96	98.14	6.72%
2008-10-24	90.33	96.38	6.70%
2008-12-12	92.8	98.27	5.89%
2009-01-02	85.88	90.75	5.67%
2008-11-26	89.92	95	5.65%

For analyzing trends, some investors give more importance to gains and losses over a 52 week period than longer durations like 10 years. If you also think so, have a look at the 52 weeks report for AAPL.

6 10 Biggest One-Day Losses

Let us now see 10 biggest one-day losses of Apple Inc (AAPL) stock.

Note: Generally, losses test investor emotions. Many sell at the wrong time due to fear of loss. These are days when investors would have lost most.

Date	Open	Close	Loss
2008-09-29	119.62	105.26	-12.00%
2008-10-07	100.48	89.16	-11.27%
2008-10-14	116.26	104.08	-10.48%
2008-09-17	138.49	127.83	-7.70%
2008-10-02	108.01	100.1	-7.32%
2008-10-03	104	97.07	-6.66%
2015-08-25	111.11	103.74	-6.63%
2008-09-22	139.94	131.05	-6.35%
2008-10-15	103.84	97.95	-5.67%
2008-10-21	96.95	91.49	-5.63%

Conclusion:

Hopefully, the above report helps you learn about the past ten-year performance of Apple Inc (AAPL) shares. Kindly use the comments sections below to suggest corrections or improvements to the report.

Recommended Reading: Some investors prefer dividend paying companies. If you are one, have a look at the AAPL dividend history.

Disclaimer:

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