Jeff Bezos ’career as CEO of Amazon.com hasn’t been that short. And a very simple way to measure that is to look at one card:
FactSet
This chart shows the total yield for shares of Amazon.com Inc. AMZN,
since Bezos led their first public offering on May 15, 1997, through February 1, 2021.
That green line below is the overall output for the S&P 500 SPX index,
including reinvested shares. The index has been a big hit for almost 24 years, but Amazon is making it look pretty smooth.
Among the 351 current components of the S&P 500 that have a stock history dating back to May 15, 1997, Amazon’s total yield of 170,600% was in second place. The above position goes to Monster Beverage Corp. MNST,
with a staggering yield of 322,643%, according to FactSet.
Monster stock performance history dates back to the time when the company was known as Hansen’s Natural. She was renamed Monster in January 2012.
Here are the top five performers among the S&P 500 since Amazon went public, with overall results from May 15, 1997 through February 1, 2021, according to FactSet:
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Monster Drink: 322,643%
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Amazon.com: 170,600%
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Apple Inc. AAPL,
+ 0.63%
: 98,029% -
NVR Inc. NVR,
-0.44%
: 31,689% -
Ansys Inc. ANSS,
+ 1.95%
: 22.986%
Bezos said on Feb. 2 that he planned to retire as CEO of Amazon during the third quarter, but remain as executive chairman.
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