What if I bought Apple stock instead? apple20042024What if I bought Apple stock instead?What if instead of buying that Apple product in 2004 you had bought stock in the company instead? Enter the price you paid in 2004 for the product you bought to see how much money the stock would be worth in 2024:Cost of product in 2004$Amount of shares you’d have todayValue of those shares today$How is this calculated? Using approximate data from historical stock prices sources such as Yahoo Finance and Digrin.In October 2004 the cost of 1x Apple share was approximately $60In October 2024 the cost of 1x Apple share is approximately $231The cost of the product entered is divided by the 2004 amount to give us a number of shares, this is rounded down to get a whole number of shares for simplicityThe stock split three times between 2004 and 2024, 2:1 in 2005, 7:1 in 2014 and 4:1 in 2020, so the amount of stocks is adjusted based on these splits to get the total amount for today.