Apple Returns since 1985

Apple returns since 1985

If you invested $100 in Apple stock (AAPL) at the beginning of January 1985, you would have about $255,836.69 by March 2026. This is a return on investment of 255,736.69%, or 21.00% per year.

This investment beats inflation during this period for an inflation-adjusted return of about 81,637.46% cumulatively, or 17.69% per year.

If you used dollar-cost averaging (monthly) instead of a lump-sum investment, you'd have $310,932.23.

Contents

Overview
Adjusting Apple returns for inflation
Apple full monthly data
Apple dollar-cost averaging
Data source & citation

The graph below shows the performance of $100 invested in Apple stock (AAPL) over time.

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This chart shows the monthly changes over the full period:

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Adjusting Apple returns for inflation

The nominal return on investment of $100 is $255,736.69, or 255,736.69%. This means by March 2026 you would have $255,836.69.

However, it is important to take inflation into account when evaluating a long-term investment. You can convert these returns to their real value using an inflation calculation based on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index (CPI).

In this case, the CPI in January 1985 was 105.500 and the CPI in March 2026 was 330.213.

Adjusted for inflation, the $255,836.69 nominal end value would have a real return of roughly $81,637.46 in 1985 dollars. This means the inflation-adjusted return is 81,637.46% as opposed to the original 255,736.69%.

For more information on inflation, see our U.S. inflation calculator for 1985.

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Apple full monthly data

The table below shows the full dataset pertaining to a $100 investment over the 495-month period between 1985 and 2026.

Year	Month	Return (%)	Amount ($)	CPI
1985	1	0.00%	100.00	105.50
1985	2	-14.72%	85.28	106.00
1985	3	-10.64%	76.21	106.40
1985	4	-3.84%	73.29	106.90
1985	5	-18.29%	59.88	107.30
1985	6	3.54%	62.00	107.60
1985	7	-11.71%	54.74	107.80
1985	8	-5.52%	51.71	108.00
1985	9	5.07%	54.33	108.30
1985	10	18.18%	64.21	108.70
1985	11	8.01%	69.35	109.00
1985	12	9.30%	75.81	109.30
1986	1	5.19%	79.74	109.60
1986	2	8.09%	86.19	109.30
1986	3	12.98%	97.38	108.80
1986	4	7.04%	104.23	108.60
1986	5	22.34%	127.52	108.90
1986	6	-3.00%	123.69	109.50
1986	7	-12.96%	107.66	109.50
1986	8	18.45%	127.52	109.70
1986	9	-9.49%	115.42	110.20
1986	10	3.41%	119.35	110.30
1986	11	15.54%	137.90	110.40
1986	12	1.24%	139.62	110.50
1987	1	37.04%	191.33	111.20
1987	2	26.08%	241.23	111.60
1987	3	-7.86%	222.28	112.10
1987	4	22.90%	273.19	112.70
1987	5	-0.33%	272.28	113.10
1987	6	2.70%	279.64	113.50
1987	7	1.84%	284.78	113.80
1987	8	30.90%	372.78	114.40
1987	9	4.76%	390.52	115.00
1987	10	-31.62%	267.04	115.30
1987	11	-14.57%	228.13	115.40
1987	12	27.53%	290.93	115.40
1988	1	-1.18%	287.50	115.70
1988	2	3.61%	297.88	116.00
1988	3	-6.80%	277.62	116.50
1988	4	2.51%	284.58	117.10
1988	5	1.24%	288.10	117.50
1988	6	11.65%	321.67	118.00
1988	7	-4.04%	308.67	118.50
1988	8	-10.16%	277.32	119.00
1988	9	8.69%	301.41	119.80
1988	10	-10.70%	269.15	120.20
1988	11	-2.58%	262.20	120.30
1988	12	7.27%	281.25	120.50
1989	1	-6.24%	263.71	121.10
1989	2	-3.98%	253.23	121.60
1989	3	-1.43%	249.60	122.30
1989	4	9.45%	273.19	123.10
1989	5	22.47%	334.58	123.80
1989	6	-13.44%	289.62	124.10
1989	7	-3.62%	279.13	124.40
1989	8	11.92%	312.40	124.60
1989	9	0.26%	313.21	125.00
1989	10	4.47%	327.22	125.60
1989	11	-4.84%	311.39	125.90
1989	12	-20.14%	248.69	126.10
1990	1	-3.53%	239.92	127.40
1990	2	0.00%	239.92	128.00
1990	3	18.74%	284.88	128.70
1990	4	-2.16%	278.73	128.90
1990	5	4.74%	291.94	129.20
1990	6	8.81%	317.64	129.90
1990	7	-6.16%	298.08	130.40
1990	8	-11.90%	262.60	131.60
1990	9	-21.38%	206.45	132.70
1990	10	6.05%	218.95	133.50
1990	11	19.48%	261.59	133.80
1990	12	17.42%	307.16	133.80
1991	1	29.08%	396.47	134.60
1991	2	3.15%	408.97	134.80
1991	3	19.00%	486.69	135.00
1991	4	-19.12%	393.65	135.20
1991	5	-14.55%	336.39	135.60
1991	6	-11.48%	297.78	136.00
1991	7	11.44%	331.85	136.20
1991	8	14.61%	380.34	136.60
1991	9	-6.39%	356.05	137.20
1991	10	4.02%	370.36	137.40
1991	11	-1.44%	365.02	137.80
1991	12	11.35%	406.45	137.90
1992	1	14.86%	466.83	138.10
1992	2	4.25%	486.69	138.60
1992	3	-13.55%	420.77	139.30
1992	4	3.21%	434.27	139.50
1992	5	-0.63%	431.55	139.70
1992	6	-19.67%	346.67	140.20
1992	7	-2.38%	338.41	140.50
1992	8	-1.61%	332.96	140.90
1992	9	-1.63%	327.52	141.30
1992	10	16.34%	381.05	141.80
1992	11	9.50%	417.24	142.00
1992	12	4.16%	434.58	141.90
1993	1	-0.42%	432.76	142.60
1993	2	-10.92%	385.48	143.10
1993	3	-2.62%	375.40	143.60
1993	4	-0.51%	373.49	144.00
1993	5	10.50%	412.70	144.20
1993	6	-30.09%	288.51	144.40
1993	7	-29.73%	202.72	144.40
1993	8	-4.53%	193.55	144.80
1993	9	-11.41%	171.47	145.10
1993	10	31.57%	225.60	145.70
1993	11	2.41%	231.05	145.80
1993	12	-6.81%	215.32	145.80
1994	1	11.99%	241.13	146.20
1994	2	11.45%	268.75	146.70
1994	3	-8.59%	245.67	147.20
1994	4	-9.77%	221.67	147.40
1994	5	-2.50%	216.13	147.50
1994	6	-9.05%	196.57	148.00
1994	7	27.13%	249.90	148.40
1994	8	7.42%	268.45	149.00
1994	9	-6.61%	250.71	149.40
1994	10	28.23%	321.47	149.50
1994	11	-13.73%	277.32	149.70
1994	12	4.98%	291.13	149.70
1995	1	3.53%	301.41	150.30
1995	2	-2.17%	294.86	150.90
1995	3	-10.50%	263.91	151.40
1995	4	8.52%	286.39	151.90
1995	5	8.66%	311.19	152.20
1995	6	12.02%	348.59	152.50
1995	7	-3.09%	337.80	152.50
1995	8	-4.45%	322.78	152.90
1995	9	-13.12%	280.44	153.20
1995	10	-2.52%	273.39	153.70
1995	11	4.98%	287.00	153.60
1995	12	-16.12%	240.73	153.50
1996	1	-13.36%	208.57	154.40
1996	2	-0.43%	207.66	154.90
1996	3	-10.68%	185.48	155.70
1996	4	-0.76%	184.07	156.30
1996	5	7.17%	197.28	156.60
1996	6	-19.62%	158.57	156.70
1996	7	4.77%	166.13	157.00
1996	8	10.25%	183.17	157.30
1996	9	-8.53%	167.54	157.80
1996	10	3.67%	173.69	158.30
1996	11	4.88%	182.16	158.60
1996	12	-13.45%	157.66	158.60
1997	1	-20.40%	125.50	159.10
1997	2	-2.25%	122.68	159.60
1997	3	12.33%	137.80	160.00
1997	4	-6.88%	128.33	160.20
1997	5	-2.20%	125.50	160.10
1997	6	-14.30%	107.56	160.30
1997	7	22.87%	132.16	160.50
1997	8	24.26%	164.21	160.80
1997	9	-0.25%	163.81	161.20
1997	10	-21.48%	128.63	161.60
1997	11	4.23%	134.07	161.50
1997	12	-26.09%	99.09	161.30
1998	1	39.57%	138.31	161.60
1998	2	29.01%	178.43	161.90
1998	3	16.38%	207.66	162.20
1998	4	-0.44%	206.75	162.50
1998	5	-2.78%	201.01	162.80
1998	6	7.77%	216.63	163.00
1998	7	20.71%	261.49	163.20
1998	8	-9.95%	235.48	163.40
1998	9	22.26%	287.90	163.60
1998	10	-2.63%	280.34	164.00
1998	11	-13.99%	241.13	164.00
1998	12	28.22%	309.17	163.90
1999	1	0.59%	310.99	164.30
1999	2	-15.46%	262.90	164.50
1999	3	3.22%	271.37	165.00
1999	4	28.01%	347.38	166.20
1999	5	-4.21%	332.76	166.20
1999	6	5.09%	349.70	166.20
1999	7	20.24%	420.46	166.70
1999	8	17.19%	492.74	167.10
1999	9	-2.97%	478.13	167.90
1999	10	26.54%	605.04	168.20
1999	11	22.16%	739.11	168.30
1999	12	5.03%	776.31	168.30
2000	1	0.92%	783.47	168.80
2000	2	10.47%	865.52	169.80
2000	3	18.48%	1,025.50	171.20
2000	4	-8.65%	936.79	171.30
2000	5	-32.29%	634.27	171.50
2000	6	24.71%	791.03	172.40
2000	7	-2.99%	767.34	172.80
2000	8	19.93%	920.26	172.80
2000	9	-57.74%	388.91	173.70
2000	10	-24.03%	295.46	174.00
2000	11	-15.66%	249.19	174.10
2000	12	-9.87%	224.60	174.00
2001	1	45.42%	326.61	175.10
2001	2	-15.62%	275.60	175.80
2001	3	20.92%	333.27	176.20
2001	4	15.52%	384.98	176.90
2001	5	-21.73%	301.31	177.70
2001	6	16.53%	351.11	178.00
2001	7	-19.18%	283.77	177.50
2001	8	-1.28%	280.14	177.50
2001	9	-16.37%	234.27	178.30
2001	10	13.21%	265.22	177.70
2001	11	21.28%	321.67	177.40
2001	12	2.82%	330.75	176.70
2002	1	12.86%	373.29	177.10
2002	2	-12.21%	327.72	177.80
2002	3	9.07%	357.46	178.80
2002	4	2.54%	366.53	179.80
2002	5	-3.99%	351.92	179.80
2002	6	-23.95%	267.64	179.90
2002	7	-13.90%	230.44	180.10
2002	8	-3.32%	222.78	180.70
2002	9	-1.72%	218.95	181.00
2002	10	10.87%	242.74	181.30
2002	11	-3.57%	234.07	181.30
2002	12	-7.54%	216.43	180.90
2003	1	0.19%	216.83	181.70
2003	2	4.56%	226.71	183.10
2003	3	-5.82%	213.51	184.20
2003	4	0.57%	214.72	183.80
2003	5	26.24%	271.07	183.50
2003	6	6.17%	287.80	183.70
2003	7	10.61%	318.35	183.90
2003	8	7.25%	341.43	184.60
2003	9	-8.36%	312.90	185.20
2003	10	10.47%	345.67	185.00
2003	11	-8.63%	315.83	184.50
2003	12	2.20%	322.78	184.30
2004	1	5.56%	340.73	185.20
2004	2	6.04%	361.29	186.20
2004	3	13.03%	408.37	187.40
2004	4	-4.67%	389.31	188.00
2004	5	8.86%	423.79	189.10
2004	6	15.96%	491.43	189.70
2004	7	-0.62%	488.41	189.40
2004	8	6.65%	520.87	189.50
2004	9	12.35%	585.18	189.90
2004	10	35.23%	791.33	190.90
2004	11	27.96%	1,012.60	191.00
2004	12	-3.95%	972.58	190.30
2005	1	19.41%	1,161.39	190.70
2005	2	16.67%	1,354.94	191.80
2005	3	-7.11%	1,258.67	193.30
2005	4	-13.46%	1,089.21	194.60
2005	5	10.25%	1,200.91	194.40
2005	6	-7.42%	1,111.79	194.50
2005	7	15.87%	1,288.21	195.40
2005	8	9.95%	1,416.33	196.40
2005	9	14.33%	1,619.25	198.80
2005	10	7.43%	1,739.52	199.20
2005	11	17.76%	2,048.49	197.60
2005	12	6.00%	2,171.37	196.80
2006	1	5.04%	2,280.75	198.30
2006	2	-9.30%	2,068.75	198.70
2006	3	-8.43%	1,894.46	199.80
2006	4	12.23%	2,126.11	201.50
2006	5	-15.09%	1,805.34	202.50
2006	6	-4.18%	1,729.84	202.90
2006	7	18.67%	2,052.72	203.50
2006	8	-0.16%	2,049.40	203.90
2006	9	13.46%	2,325.20	202.90
2006	10	5.32%	2,448.99	201.80
2006	11	13.05%	2,768.55	201.50
2006	12	-7.44%	2,562.60	201.80
2007	1	1.05%	2,589.42	202.42
2007	2	-1.30%	2,555.65	203.50
2007	3	9.81%	2,806.35	205.35
2007	4	7.41%	3,014.42	206.69
2007	5	21.43%	3,660.48	207.95
2007	6	0.70%	3,686.19	208.35
2007	7	7.96%	3,979.74	208.30
2007	8	5.10%	4,182.76	207.92
2007	9	10.82%	4,635.48	208.49
2007	10	23.77%	5,737.40	208.94
2007	11	-4.07%	5,503.93	210.18
2007	12	8.70%	5,982.96	210.04
2008	1	-31.66%	4,088.51	211.08
2008	2	-7.64%	3,776.21	211.69
2008	3	14.78%	4,334.38	213.53
2008	4	21.22%	5,254.13	214.82
2008	5	8.51%	5,701.11	216.63
2008	6	-11.29%	5,057.46	218.82
2008	7	-5.07%	4,801.01	219.96
2008	8	6.66%	5,120.56	219.09
2008	9	-32.96%	3,433.06	218.78
2008	10	-5.34%	3,249.70	216.57
2008	11	-13.87%	2,799.09	212.43
2008	12	-7.90%	2,577.92	210.23
2009	1	5.60%	2,722.38	211.14
2009	2	-0.91%	2,697.58	212.19
2009	3	17.70%	3,175.10	212.71
2009	4	19.70%	3,800.60	213.24
2009	5	7.93%	4,102.12	213.86
2009	6	4.87%	4,302.02	215.69
2009	7	14.72%	4,935.18	215.35
2009	8	2.95%	5,080.75	215.83
2009	9	10.19%	5,598.39	215.97
2009	10	1.70%	5,693.55	216.18
2009	11	6.05%	6,038.21	216.33
2009	12	5.41%	6,365.02	215.95
2010	1	-8.86%	5,801.11	216.69
2010	2	6.54%	6,180.44	216.74
2010	3	14.85%	7,098.08	217.63
2010	4	11.10%	7,886.09	218.01
2010	5	-1.61%	7,758.97	218.18
2010	6	-2.08%	7,597.38	217.97
2010	7	2.27%	7,770.16	218.01
2010	8	-5.50%	7,342.74	218.31
2010	9	16.72%	8,570.56	218.44
2010	10	6.07%	9,091.03	218.71
2010	11	3.38%	9,398.19	218.80
2010	12	3.67%	9,742.84	219.18
2011	1	5.20%	10,248.99	220.22
2011	2	4.09%	10,668.55	221.31
2011	3	-1.33%	10,526.61	223.47
2011	4	0.46%	10,575.50	224.91
2011	5	-0.66%	10,506.05	225.96
2011	6	-3.50%	10,138.81	225.72
2011	7	16.33%	11,794.35	225.92
2011	8	-1.45%	11,623.69	226.55
2011	9	-0.91%	11,517.64	226.89
2011	10	6.15%	12,226.21	226.42
2011	11	-5.58%	11,544.25	226.23
2011	12	5.96%	12,232.86	225.67
2012	1	12.71%	13,787.80	226.67
2012	2	18.83%	16,384.17	227.66
2012	3	10.53%	18,109.17	229.39
2012	4	-2.60%	17,638.91	230.09
2012	5	-1.07%	17,450.10	229.82
2012	6	1.09%	17,639.52	229.48
2012	7	4.58%	18,447.78	229.10
2012	8	8.92%	20,093.35	230.38
2012	9	0.71%	20,235.99	231.41
2012	10	-10.76%	18,058.67	231.32
2012	11	-1.69%	17,754.03	230.22
2012	12	-8.66%	16,216.73	229.60
2013	1	-14.41%	13,880.14	230.28
2013	2	-3.09%	13,450.71	232.17
2013	3	0.87%	13,567.74	232.77
2013	4	0.03%	13,571.37	232.53
2013	5	1.57%	13,784.48	232.95
2013	6	-11.25%	12,234.27	233.50
2013	7	14.12%	13,962.10	233.60
2013	8	7.67%	15,032.36	233.88
2013	9	-1.50%	14,806.45	234.15
2013	10	9.64%	16,233.57	233.55
2013	11	6.38%	17,269.86	233.07
2013	12	1.48%	17,525.40	233.05
2014	1	-10.77%	15,637.90	233.92
2014	2	5.12%	16,438.91	234.78
2014	3	2.61%	16,867.24	236.29
2014	4	9.94%	18,543.85	237.07
2014	5	7.27%	19,892.24	237.90
2014	6	3.34%	20,556.65	238.34
2014	7	2.87%	21,147.28	238.25
2014	8	7.22%	22,673.69	237.85
2014	9	-1.22%	22,397.38	238.03
2014	10	7.20%	24,009.07	237.43
2014	11	10.12%	26,438.91	236.15
2014	12	-6.79%	24,644.56	234.81
2015	1	6.14%	26,158.37	233.71
2015	2	9.65%	28,681.35	234.72
2015	3	-2.75%	27,891.23	236.12
2015	4	0.58%	28,052.62	236.60
2015	5	4.10%	29,202.52	237.81
2015	6	-3.32%	28,232.76	238.64
2015	7	-3.29%	27,303.23	238.65
2015	8	-7.04%	25,380.95	238.32
2015	9	-1.74%	24,939.62	237.95
2015	10	8.34%	27,019.76	237.84
2015	11	-1.00%	26,748.49	237.34
2015	12	-10.64%	23,901.92	236.53
2016	1	-7.52%	22,103.43	236.92
2016	2	-0.67%	21,955.85	237.11
2016	3	13.33%	24,883.17	238.13
2016	4	-13.99%	21,401.51	239.26
2016	5	6.53%	22,798.69	240.23
2016	6	-3.68%	21,959.07	241.02
2016	7	9.01%	23,936.69	240.63
2016	8	1.81%	24,370.87	240.85
2016	9	7.13%	26,107.86	241.43
2016	10	0.43%	26,221.07	241.73
2016	11	-2.66%	25,523.59	241.35
2016	12	5.33%	26,884.98	241.43
2017	1	4.77%	28,168.65	242.84
2017	2	12.89%	31,799.09	243.60
2017	3	5.32%	33,491.94	243.80
2017	4	-0.01%	33,489.62	244.52
2017	5	6.34%	35,613.41	244.73
2017	6	-5.33%	33,714.42	244.96
2017	7	3.27%	34,817.04	244.79
2017	8	10.27%	38,391.73	245.52
2017	9	-5.66%	36,220.46	246.82
2017	10	9.68%	39,726.92	246.66
2017	11	1.66%	40,387.30	246.67
2017	12	-1.17%	39,914.52	246.52
2018	1	-1.06%	39,490.02	247.87
2018	2	6.38%	42,011.39	248.99
2018	3	-5.42%	39,733.87	249.55
2018	4	-1.50%	39,137.10	250.55
2018	5	13.08%	44,254.84	251.59
2018	6	-0.56%	44,007.06	251.99
2018	7	2.80%	45,238.51	252.01
2018	8	19.62%	54,115.52	252.15
2018	9	-0.48%	53,854.44	252.44
2018	10	-3.05%	52,213.10	252.89
2018	11	-18.40%	42,603.53	252.04
2018	12	-11.36%	37,763.10	251.23
2019	1	5.52%	39,845.87	251.71
2019	2	4.03%	41,452.22	252.78
2019	3	10.17%	45,669.25	254.20
2019	4	5.64%	48,246.57	255.55
2019	5	-12.76%	42,091.63	256.09
2019	6	13.49%	47,768.65	256.14
2019	7	7.64%	51,417.94	256.57
2019	8	-2.02%	50,380.14	256.56
2019	9	7.70%	54,261.29	256.76
2019	10	11.07%	60,267.24	257.35
2019	11	7.43%	64,746.77	257.21
2019	12	10.21%	71,356.25	256.97
2020	1	5.40%	75,210.28	257.97
2020	2	-11.68%	66,425.91	258.68
2020	3	-6.76%	61,938.61	258.12
2020	4	15.54%	71,562.20	256.39
2020	5	8.22%	77,442.04	256.39
2020	6	15.05%	89,096.47	257.80
2020	7	16.51%	103,809.17	259.10
2020	8	21.44%	126,063.81	259.92
2020	9	-10.09%	113,342.84	260.28
2020	10	-6.00%	106,540.93	260.39
2020	11	9.36%	116,513.91	260.23
2020	12	11.65%	130,087.30	260.47
2021	1	-0.55%	129,371.67	261.58
2021	2	-8.11%	118,881.55	263.01
2021	3	0.88%	119,932.96	264.88
2021	4	7.62%	129,074.09	267.05
2021	5	-5.21%	122,348.39	269.20
2021	6	10.10%	134,702.62	271.70
2021	7	6.50%	143,455.95	273.00
2021	8	4.09%	149,327.52	273.57
2021	9	-6.66%	139,376.31	274.31
2021	10	5.87%	147,551.71	276.59
2021	11	10.35%	162,819.15	277.95
2021	12	7.58%	175,160.28	278.80
2022	1	-1.57%	172,408.17	281.15
2022	2	-5.53%	162,879.23	283.72
2022	3	5.88%	172,459.78	287.50
2022	4	-9.71%	155,708.67	289.11
2022	5	-5.59%	147,007.16	292.30
2022	6	-8.01%	135,234.88	296.31
2022	7	18.86%	160,744.66	296.28
2022	8	-3.26%	155,512.20	296.17
2022	9	-11.98%	136,888.61	296.81
2022	10	10.96%	151,884.98	298.01
2022	11	-3.46%	146,625.40	297.71
2022	12	-12.08%	128,910.58	296.80
2023	1	11.05%	143,157.86	299.17
2023	2	2.16%	146,253.43	300.84
2023	3	12.04%	163,856.05	301.84
2023	4	2.90%	168,605.75	303.36
2023	5	4.46%	176,127.82	304.13
2023	6	9.58%	193,008.57	305.11
2023	7	1.28%	195,476.31	305.69
2023	8	-4.37%	186,938.81	307.03
2023	9	-8.74%	170,591.43	307.79
2023	10	-0.26%	170,153.02	307.67
2023	11	11.23%	189,263.71	307.05
2023	12	1.49%	192,087.10	306.75
2024	1	-4.22%	183,975.91	308.42
2024	2	-1.98%	180,334.27	310.33
2024	3	-5.01%	171,303.83	312.33
2024	4	-0.67%	170,155.04	313.55
2024	5	12.87%	192,052.62	314.07
2024	6	9.70%	210,689.11	314.18
2024	7	5.44%	222,152.82	314.54
2024	8	3.12%	229,075.10	314.80
2024	9	1.86%	233,346.17	315.30
2024	10	-3.04%	226,245.67	315.66
2024	11	5.06%	237,682.66	315.49
2024	12	5.63%	251,068.04	315.61
2025	1	-5.76%	236,610.69	317.67
2025	2	2.47%	242,465.83	319.08
2025	3	-8.05%	222,949.70	319.80
2025	4	-4.34%	213,284.17	320.80
2025	5	-5.48%	201,591.13	321.47
2025	6	2.28%	206,197.08	322.56
2025	7	1.17%	208,609.17	323.05
2025	8	11.84%	233,302.12	323.98
2025	9	9.81%	256,195.16	324.80
2025	10	6.18%	272,031.96	324.80
2025	11	3.14%	280,564.01	324.12
2025	12	-2.41%	273,796.17	324.05
2026	1	-4.55%	261,328.02	325.25
2026	2	1.81%	266,061.49	326.79
2026	3	-3.84%	255,836.69	330.21

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Apple dollar-cost averaging

Dollar-cost averaging is an alternative to investing the full lump-sum of $100 up front. Instead, the capital is invested over a period of time.

Consider a strategy in which $100 was invested in Apple stock (AAPL) over a period of no more than 24 months beginning in 1985. This would result in a final amount of $310,932.23. In this particular case, dollar-cost average returns are greater than the returns of a lump-sum investment (which ends with $255,836.69).

Year	Month	Contribution ($)	Amount ($)
1985	1	4.16	4.16
1985	2	4.16	7.10
1985	3	4.16	10.06
1985	4	4.16	13.67
1985	5	4.16	14.57
1985	6	4.16	19.39
1985	7	4.16	20.80
1985	8	4.16	23.58
1985	9	4.16	29.14
1985	10	4.16	39.36
1985	11	4.16	47.00
1985	12	4.16	55.92
1986	1	4.16	63.20
1986	2	4.16	72.81
1986	3	4.16	86.96
1986	4	4.16	97.53
1986	5	4.16	124.41
1986	6	4.16	124.71
1986	7	4.16	112.17
1986	8	4.16	137.79
1986	9	4.16	128.48
1986	10	4.16	137.16
1986	11	4.16	163.28
1986	12	4.32	169.68
1987	1	-	232.53
1987	2	-	293.18
1987	3	-	270.15
1987	4	-	332.02
1987	5	-	330.91
1987	6	-	339.86
1987	7	-	346.11
1987	8	-	453.06
1987	9	-	474.63
1987	10	-	324.54
1987	11	-	277.25
1987	12	-	353.58
1988	1	-	349.41
1988	2	-	362.03
1988	3	-	337.41
1988	4	-	345.86
1988	5	-	350.15
1988	6	-	390.95
1988	7	-	375.14
1988	8	-	337.04
1988	9	-	366.32
1988	10	-	327.12
1988	11	-	318.66
1988	12	-	341.82
1989	1	-	320.50
1989	2	-	307.76
1989	3	-	303.35
1989	4	-	332.02
1989	5	-	406.63
1989	6	-	351.99
1989	7	-	339.25
1989	8	-	379.68
1989	9	-	380.66
1989	10	-	397.69
1989	11	-	378.45
1989	12	-	302.25
1990	1	-	291.59
1990	2	-	291.59
1990	3	-	346.23
1990	4	-	338.76
1990	5	-	354.81
1990	6	-	386.05
1990	7	-	362.28
1990	8	-	319.15
1990	9	-	250.91
1990	10	-	266.10
1990	11	-	317.93
1990	12	-	373.30
1991	1	-	481.85
1991	2	-	497.05
1991	3	-	591.51
1991	4	-	478.42
1991	5	-	408.83
1991	6	-	361.91
1991	7	-	403.32
1991	8	-	462.25
1991	9	-	432.72
1991	10	-	450.12
1991	11	-	443.63
1991	12	-	493.98
1992	1	-	567.37
1992	2	-	591.51
1992	3	-	511.38
1992	4	-	527.80
1992	5	-	524.49
1992	6	-	421.33
1992	7	-	411.28
1992	8	-	404.67
1992	9	-	398.05
1992	10	-	463.11
1992	11	-	507.09
1992	12	-	528.16
1993	1	-	525.96
1993	2	-	468.50
1993	3	-	456.25
1993	4	-	453.92
1993	5	-	501.58
1993	6	-	350.64
1993	7	-	246.38
1993	8	-	235.23
1993	9	-	208.40
1993	10	-	274.19
1993	11	-	280.81
1993	12	-	261.69
1994	1	-	293.06
1994	2	-	326.63
1994	3	-	298.57
1994	4	-	269.41
1994	5	-	262.67
1994	6	-	238.91
1994	7	-	303.72
1994	8	-	326.26
1994	9	-	304.70
1994	10	-	390.70
1994	11	-	337.04
1994	12	-	353.82
1995	1	-	366.32
1995	2	-	358.36
1995	3	-	320.75
1995	4	-	348.07
1995	5	-	378.21
1995	6	-	423.66
1995	7	-	410.55
1995	8	-	392.29
1995	9	-	340.84
1995	10	-	332.26
1995	11	-	348.80
1995	12	-	292.57
1996	1	-	253.48
1996	2	-	252.38
1996	3	-	225.43
1996	4	-	223.71
1996	5	-	239.76
1996	6	-	192.72
1996	7	-	201.91
1996	8	-	222.61
1996	9	-	203.62
1996	10	-	211.09
1996	11	-	221.39
1996	12	-	191.61
1997	1	-	152.53
1997	2	-	149.10
1997	3	-	167.48
1997	4	-	155.96
1997	5	-	152.53
1997	6	-	130.72
1997	7	-	160.62
1997	8	-	199.58
1997	9	-	199.09
1997	10	-	156.33
1997	11	-	162.95
1997	12	-	120.43
1998	1	-	168.09
1998	2	-	216.85
1998	3	-	252.38
1998	4	-	251.28
1998	5	-	244.30
1998	6	-	263.29
1998	7	-	317.81
1998	8	-	286.20
1998	9	-	349.90
1998	10	-	340.72
1998	11	-	293.06
1998	12	-	375.76
1999	1	-	377.96
1999	2	-	319.52
1999	3	-	329.81
1999	4	-	422.19
1999	5	-	404.42
1999	6	-	425.01
1999	7	-	511.01
1999	8	-	598.86
1999	9	-	581.09
1999	10	-	735.34
1999	11	-	898.28
1999	12	-	943.49
2000	1	-	952.19
2000	2	-	1,051.92
2000	3	-	1,246.35
2000	4	-	1,138.54
2000	5	-	770.87
2000	6	-	961.38
2000	7	-	932.59
2000	8	-	1,118.44
2000	9	-	472.67
2000	10	-	359.09
2000	11	-	302.86
2000	12	-	272.96
2001	1	-	396.95
2001	2	-	334.96
2001	3	-	405.04
2001	4	-	467.89
2001	5	-	366.20
2001	6	-	426.72
2001	7	-	344.88
2001	8	-	340.47
2001	9	-	284.73
2001	10	-	322.34
2001	11	-	390.95
2001	12	-	401.97
2002	1	-	453.68
2002	2	-	398.30
2002	3	-	434.44
2002	4	-	445.47
2002	5	-	427.70
2002	6	-	325.28
2002	7	-	280.07
2002	8	-	270.76
2002	9	-	266.10
2002	10	-	295.02
2002	11	-	284.48
2002	12	-	263.04
2003	1	-	263.53
2003	2	-	275.54
2003	3	-	259.49
2003	4	-	260.96
2003	5	-	329.44
2003	6	-	349.78
2003	7	-	386.90
2003	8	-	414.96
2003	9	-	380.29
2003	10	-	420.11
2003	11	-	383.84
2003	12	-	392.29
2004	1	-	414.10
2004	2	-	439.10
2004	3	-	496.31
2004	4	-	473.16
2004	5	-	515.06
2004	6	-	597.26
2004	7	-	593.59
2004	8	-	633.04
2004	9	-	711.20
2004	10	-	961.75
2004	11	-	1,230.67
2004	12	-	1,182.03
2005	1	-	1,411.50
2005	2	-	1,646.73
2005	3	-	1,529.73
2005	4	-	1,323.78
2005	5	-	1,459.53
2005	6	-	1,351.22
2005	7	-	1,565.63
2005	8	-	1,721.34
2005	9	-	1,967.97
2005	10	-	2,114.13
2005	11	-	2,489.64
2005	12	-	2,638.99
2006	1	-	2,771.91
2006	2	-	2,514.26
2006	3	-	2,302.43
2006	4	-	2,583.98
2006	5	-	2,194.13
2006	6	-	2,102.37
2006	7	-	2,494.78
2006	8	-	2,490.74
2006	9	-	2,825.94
2006	10	-	2,976.39
2006	11	-	3,364.77
2006	12	-	3,114.47
2007	1	-	3,147.06
2007	2	-	3,106.01
2007	3	-	3,410.71
2007	4	-	3,663.58
2007	5	-	4,448.78
2007	6	-	4,480.03
2007	7	-	4,836.79
2007	8	-	5,083.54
2007	9	-	5,633.76
2007	10	-	6,972.97
2007	11	-	6,689.23
2007	12	-	7,271.42
2008	1	-	4,968.99
2008	2	-	4,589.43
2008	3	-	5,267.80
2008	4	-	6,385.63
2008	5	-	6,928.87
2008	6	-	6,146.61
2008	7	-	5,834.93
2008	8	-	6,223.30
2008	9	-	4,172.39
2008	10	-	3,949.53
2008	11	-	3,401.89
2008	12	-	3,133.09
2009	1	-	3,308.66
2009	2	-	3,278.52
2009	3	-	3,858.87
2009	4	-	4,619.08
2009	5	-	4,985.53
2009	6	-	5,228.47
2009	7	-	5,997.99
2009	8	-	6,174.91
2009	9	-	6,804.02
2009	10	-	6,919.68
2009	11	-	7,338.56
2009	12	-	7,735.75
2010	1	-	7,050.40
2010	2	-	7,511.43
2010	3	-	8,626.69
2010	4	-	9,584.39
2010	5	-	9,429.90
2010	6	-	9,233.51
2010	7	-	9,443.50
2010	8	-	8,924.03
2010	9	-	10,416.27
2010	10	-	11,048.82
2010	11	-	11,422.13
2010	12	-	11,841.01
2011	1	-	12,456.16
2011	2	-	12,966.07
2011	3	-	12,793.56
2011	4	-	12,852.98
2011	5	-	12,768.57
2011	6	-	12,322.25
2011	7	-	14,334.32
2011	8	-	14,126.90
2011	9	-	13,998.01
2011	10	-	14,859.18
2011	11	-	14,030.36
2011	12	-	14,867.26
2012	1	-	16,757.07
2012	2	-	19,912.58
2012	3	-	22,009.06
2012	4	-	21,437.53
2012	5	-	21,208.06
2012	6	-	21,438.26
2012	7	-	22,420.59
2012	8	-	24,420.54
2012	9	-	24,593.90
2012	10	-	21,947.68
2012	11	-	21,577.44
2012	12	-	19,709.08
2013	1	-	16,869.29
2013	2	-	16,347.37
2013	3	-	16,489.61
2013	4	-	16,494.02
2013	5	-	16,753.02
2013	6	-	14,868.98
2013	7	-	16,968.89
2013	8	-	18,269.64
2013	9	-	17,995.08
2013	10	-	19,729.54
2013	11	-	20,989.00
2013	12	-	21,299.57
2014	1	-	19,005.59
2014	2	-	19,979.10
2014	3	-	20,499.67
2014	4	-	22,537.35
2014	5	-	24,176.12
2014	6	-	24,983.62
2014	7	-	25,701.44
2014	8	-	27,556.57
2014	9	-	27,220.75
2014	10	-	29,179.53
2014	11	-	32,132.64
2014	12	-	29,951.87
2015	1	-	31,791.68
2015	2	-	34,858.00
2015	3	-	33,897.73
2015	4	-	34,093.87
2015	5	-	35,491.41
2015	6	-	34,312.81
2015	7	-	33,183.09
2015	8	-	30,846.84
2015	9	-	30,310.47
2015	10	-	32,838.58
2015	11	-	32,508.89
2015	12	-	29,049.30
2016	1	-	26,863.50
2016	2	-	26,684.13
2016	3	-	30,241.86
2016	4	-	26,010.42
2016	5	-	27,708.49
2016	6	-	26,688.05
2016	7	-	29,091.56
2016	8	-	29,619.24
2016	9	-	31,730.30
2016	10	-	31,867.89
2016	11	-	31,020.20
2016	12	-	32,674.78
2017	1	-	34,234.89
2017	2	-	38,647.16
2017	3	-	40,704.57
2017	4	-	40,701.75
2017	5	-	43,282.91
2017	6	-	40,974.96
2017	7	-	42,315.04
2017	8	-	46,659.56
2017	9	-	44,020.70
2017	10	-	48,282.28
2017	11	-	49,084.88
2017	12	-	48,510.28
2018	1	-	47,994.37
2018	2	-	51,058.73
2018	3	-	48,290.73
2018	4	-	47,565.44
2018	5	-	53,785.31
2018	6	-	53,484.17
2018	7	-	54,980.82
2018	8	-	65,769.54
2018	9	-	65,452.22
2018	10	-	63,457.42
2018	11	-	51,778.38
2018	12	-	45,895.55
2019	1	-	48,426.85
2019	2	-	50,379.13
2019	3	-	55,504.33
2019	4	-	58,636.68
2019	5	-	51,156.25
2019	6	-	58,055.83
2019	7	-	62,491.02
2019	8	-	61,229.72
2019	9	-	65,946.69
2019	10	-	73,246.05
2019	11	-	78,690.27
2019	12	-	86,723.13
2020	1	-	91,407.14
2020	2	-	80,731.01
2020	3	-	75,277.36
2020	4	-	86,973.43
2020	5	-	94,119.51
2020	6	-	108,283.78
2020	7	-	126,164.93
2020	8	-	153,212.20
2020	9	-	137,751.71
2020	10	-	129,484.98
2020	11	-	141,605.68
2020	12	-	158,102.16
2021	1	-	157,232.42
2021	2	-	144,483.21
2021	3	-	145,761.05
2021	4	-	156,870.76
2021	5	-	148,696.64
2021	6	-	163,711.41
2021	7	-	174,349.81
2021	8	-	181,485.85
2021	9	-	169,391.60
2021	10	-	179,327.61
2021	11	-	197,882.96
2021	12	-	212,881.81
2022	1	-	209,537.01
2022	2	-	197,955.98
2022	3	-	209,599.74
2022	4	-	189,241.20
2022	5	-	178,665.78
2022	6	-	164,358.29
2022	7	-	195,361.71
2022	8	-	189,002.42
2022	9	-	166,368.16
2022	10	-	184,594.07
2022	11	-	178,201.82
2022	12	-	156,672.04
2023	1	-	173,987.53
2023	2	-	177,749.73
2023	3	-	199,143.16
2023	4	-	204,915.72
2023	5	-	214,057.71
2023	6	-	234,573.80
2023	7	-	237,572.98
2023	8	-	227,196.89
2023	9	-	207,329.03
2023	10	-	206,796.21
2023	11	-	230,022.47
2023	12	-	233,453.88
2024	1	-	223,595.91
2024	2	-	219,170.04
2024	3	-	208,194.85
2024	4	-	206,798.66
2024	5	-	233,411.98
2024	6	-	256,061.92
2024	7	-	269,994.39
2024	8	-	278,407.41
2024	9	-	283,598.27
2024	10	-	274,968.65
2024	11	-	288,868.65
2024	12	-	305,136.63
2025	1	-	287,565.82
2025	2	-	294,681.89
2025	3	-	270,962.88
2025	4	-	259,215.84
2025	5	-	245,004.65
2025	6	-	250,602.51
2025	7	-	253,534.06
2025	8	-	283,544.73
2025	9	-	311,367.90
2025	10	-	330,615.21
2025	11	-	340,984.68
2025	12	-	332,759.36
2026	1	-	317,606.14
2026	2	-	323,358.98
2026	3	-	310,932.23

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Data Sources

Monthly adjusted close data is from Yahoo Finance via yfinance. Adjusted close reflects stock splits and dividends reported by the source. Inflation data is from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI.

in2013dollars.com is a reference website maintained by the Official Data Foundation.

About the author

Ian Webster is an engineer and data expert based in San Mateo, California. He has worked for Google, NASA, and consulted for governments around the world on data pipelines and data analysis. Disappointed by the lack of clear resources on the impacts of inflation on economic indicators, Ian believes this website serves as a valuable public tool. Ian earned his degree in Computer Science from Dartmouth College.

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Apple from 1985 to 2026
Start value January 1985	0.10
End value March 2026	253.79
Nominal return	+255,736.69% +21.00% / yr
Inflation-adjusted return	+81,637.46% +17.69% / yr
Final amount, nominal ($100 base)	$255,836.69
Final amount, inflation-adjusted ($100 base)	$81,737.46

Apple: $100 in 1985 → $255,836.69 in 2026