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Chances are that you’ve heard about all of the following companies: Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, and Google.

And if you follow the action on Wall Street, you probably know that these five companies are collectively known as “FAANG” stocks.

Grouped together because their innovative technologies have led each company to experience extremely high-paced growth, early investments in any of the FAANG stocks would have made you eye-popping profits.

But which FAANG stock was the most profitable over the last decade? Financial website LendEDU tracked the respective stock prices for each of the aforementioned companies from the first day of trading in the 2010s to the last to find out.

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

    • 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

    • 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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LendEDU was launched in August 2014 by Nate Matherson and Matt Lenhard. LendEDU is a website that helps consumers learn about and compare financial products, including student loans, personal loans, credit cards, insurance products, banking products, and more. Our goal is to help you make confident decisions. Our team of 14 full-time employees is based in Hoboken, NJ

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