Since its IPO, Tesla has had an impressive share price performance – but how does the electric car manufacturer compare to tech giants like Amazon, Apple and NVIDIA?
• Tesla’s stock value has risen sharply since its IPO in 2010
• Tesla is evolving from a pure electric car manufacturer into a company with a wide range of products – including global charging networks, solar technology and energy storage
• NVIDIA benefits from the tech and AI boom
Since Tesla’s IPO in 2010, the company’s shares have risen around 36,000 percent. This makes the US electric car manufacturer one of the most successful technology stocks of the last decade. The tech companies Amazon, Apple and NVIDIA have also gone through similar growth phases, making them among the largest companies in the world today.
Tesla stock
Tesla is now much more than a manufacturer of electric vehicles. The US company has expanded its product range and built an international network of charging stations. Tesla also uses its technology to further develop solar solutions for private households. The US company offers an electricity storage system that can store electricity generated from solar energy as well as grid electricity. Such developments enable the company to serve a larger market.
Musk’s future plans for Tesla
Tesla is currently preparing for its next step. The company is pursuing the vision of fully self-driving vehicles and robotaxis. Analysts expect that Tesla could significantly increase its sales by further developing this technology. In the future, the company also wants to focus more on the development of humanoid robots that can be used universally and take on simple and monotonous tasks.
Would an IPO investment in Amazon, Apple or NVIDIA stocks have been more lucrative?
After taking all stock splits into account, it can be seen that an investment of $1,000 in Tesla’s IPO would have reached a value of around $813,000 in mid-December 2025 (calculated using the closing price on December 17, 2025 of $467.26). At Amazon, the same $1,000 would have become about $2.92 million after more than 25 years on the stock market (calculated using the closing price on December 17, 2025 of $221.27). An investment in NVIDIA during the IPO would also have paid off greatly and would be worth around $6.83 million in 2025 (calculated using the closing price on December 17, 2025 of $170.94). Anyone who had invested $1,000 in Apple shares would have had assets of around $2.74 million in 2025 (calculated using the closing price on December 17, 2025 of $271.84).
Amazon has gained around 260,000 percent since going public in 1997. Apple was also able to grow by more than 260,000 percent. Leader NVIDIA has increased by over 400,000 percent since the start of the stock market (all as of December 1, 2025). Due to NVIDIA’s strong growth, an investment would have made a fortune if it went public. But even though Tesla has only been on the stock exchange since 2010, and therefore for the shortest time in comparison, the company was able to record growth of 36,000 percent. The US company is also one of the top tech companies and an investment at the start of the stock market would have meant high profits for investors here too.
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