Tracking each FAANG stock’s price over the decade
Ranking the FAANG stocks by profitability over the last decade
The following rankings assume you bought $1,000 worth of stock in each respective FAANG company on the first available trading day of the 2010s: January 4th, 2010. Since Facebook did not IPO until May 18th, 2012, this analysis assumes you bought $1,000 worth of Facebook stock on that date.
We then assume you sold your stock in each respective FAANG company on the last available trading day of the 2010s: December 31st, 2019.
All stock price data comes from Yahoo Finance.
1. Netflix
- Stock Price on Jan. 4, 2010: $7.64
- Stock Price on Dec. 31, 2019: $323.57
- Return on Investment: 4135.21%
- Balance After Sale: $41,352.09
- Profit After Sale: $40,352.09
2. Amazon
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- Stock Price on Jan. 4, 2010: $133.90
- Stock Price on Dec. 31, 2019: $1,847.84
- Return on Investment: 1280.01%
- Balance After Sale: $12,800.15
- Profit After Sale: $11,800.15
3. Apple
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- Stock Price on Jan. 4, 2010: $30.57
- Stock Price on Dec. 31, 2019: $293.65
- Return on Investment: 860.58%
- Balance After Sale: $8,605.82
- Profit After Sale: $7,605.82
4. Facebook
- Stock Price on May 18, 2012: $38.23
- Stock Price on Dec. 31, 2019: $205.25
- Return on Investment: 436.86%
- Balance After Sale: $4,368.57
- Profit After Sale: $3,368.57
5. Google (Alphabet)
- Stock Price on Jan. 4, 2010: $313.69
- Stock Price on Dec. 31, 2019: $1,339.39
- Return on Investment: 326.98%
- Balance After Sale: $3,269.79
- Profit After Sale: $2,369.79
And, if you invested $1,000 in each FAANG stock at the beginning of the decade or when it IPO’d, you would have made…
A combined $70,396.42 at the end of the decade, which would have given you a profit of $65,396.42 from a $5,000 investment.
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