What If You'd Bought Apple Stock Instead of an Apple Watch?
$349 on an Apple Watch in 2015, or the same money in Apple stock
$3,986
would be worth today — 11.4x the price of the Apple Watch
Apple shares
12.07
Held for
11.4 years
S&P 500 instead
$1,540
The Apple Watch arrived on April 24, 2015. The cheapest version, the 38mm Apple Watch Sport, cost $349.
How we worked it out: Launch price: $349 for the 38mm Apple Watch Sport. We put the $349 into Apple stock at its closing price on April 24, 2015 ($28.92, adjusted for later stock splits and dividends) and value those shares at today's price. Launch prices are US list prices before tax.
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Past performance does not predict future returns. Not financial advice.