What if you invested in Amazon in 2005?
AMZN · Technology · Data through 2026-06-01
If you invested $1,000 in Amazon in 2005
The same $1,000 in the S&P 500 would be worth $9,466(+846.6%)
The S&P 500 returned $9,466 on the same $1,000. Amazon beat the market by $112,565.
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Year-by-Year Returns
$1,000 invested in Amazon starting January 2005
| Year | Price | Value | Annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | $2.16 | $1,000 | - |
| 2006 | $2.24 | $1,037 | +3.7% |
| 2007 | $1.88 | $872 | -16% |
| 2008 | $3.88 | $1,798 | +106.3% |
| 2009 | $2.94 | $1,361 | -24.3% |
| 2010 | $6.27 | $2,902 | +113.2% |
| 2011 | $8.48 | $3,925 | +35.3% |
| 2012 | $9.72 | $4,499 | +14.6% |
| 2013 | $13.27 | $6,143 | +36.5% |
| 2014 | $17.93 | $8,299 | +35.1% |
| 2015 | $17.73 | $8,203 | -1.2% |
| 2016 | $29.35 | $13,582 | +65.6% |
| 2017 | $41.17 | $19,053 | +40.3% |
| 2018 | $72.54 | $33,570 | +76.2% |
| 2019 | $85.94 | $39,767 | +18.5% |
| 2020 | $100.44 | $46,477 | +16.9% |
| 2021 | $160.31 | $74,183 | +59.6% |
| 2022 | $149.57 | $69,215 | -6.7% |
| 2023 | $103.13 | $47,723 | -31.1% |
| 2024 | $155.20 | $71,819 | +50.5% |
| 2025 | $237.68 | $109,986 | +53.1% |
| 2026 | $239.30 | $110,736 | +0.7% |
What this return means
A single $1,000 stake in Amazon (AMZN) at the start of 2005 is now $122,031. That is a +12,103% total return, or roughly 122x your money, measured through 2026-06-01.
In compound terms that is roughly 25% a year, well above what a broad index has historically returned. By comparison the S&P 500 returned about $9,466 on the same stake, putting Amazon ahead by close to $112,565. The index compounded at about 11% a year over that period.
The path was not smooth. The best single year was 2010 at +113.2%, and the worst was 2023 at -31.1%. At its lowest point the position was down about 36% from an earlier high. These figures use split-adjusted closing prices and exclude dividends, taxes, trading fees, and inflation, so a real after-tax result would differ.
This is historical math, not financial advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
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