To give you a sense of the stock's value, CNBC calculated how much a $1,000 investment in Apple made one, five, 10 and 44 years ago — when the company went public in 1980 — would be worth today.

Here’s what the charts say. Apple stock has risen 7% in three trading sessions to close at $153.83 on Monday, following the first buy recommendation by Goldman Sachs in nearly six years.

All investors dream about finding that one stock ... in Apple 30 years ago, envisioning what Apple could become, you would be a millionaire several times over as the following chart shows.

Could a pitiful year of performance in 2022 be a sign that Apple stock ... are at least 10 percentage points better than average following a year of loss. But now, look at the chart below.

Companies spent about $700 billion on stock buybacks over the first three quarters of 2024. Also known as a share buyback or ...

By comparison, the S&P 500 delivered an annualized total return of 10.6% over the ... Check out the above chart and you'll see that if you invested $1,000 in Apple stock 20 years ago, it would ...