The line graph illustrates the stock market values of four major high-tech corporations—Facebook, Yahoo, Apple, and Google—between 2011 and 2016.
Overall, Facebook’s stock price experienced a steady and consistent rise throughout the period, whereas Yahoo’s value declined continuously. Apple’s stock exhibited extreme fluctuations, while Google’s share price remained largely stable.
At the beginning of the period, Facebook had a stock valuation of approximately 7,500, which showed a consistent upward trend each year, reaching a peak of around 20,000 in 2016. In contrast, Yahoo started with a similar valuation to Facebook, but its stock price steadily depreciated, bottoming out at approximately 2,500 by the end of the period.
Apple’s stock experienced the most volatility. It started just below 5,000 in 2011, surged dramatically to nearly 35,000 in 2012, but then plunged to around 7,000 in 2013. This was followed by a moderate recovery to approximately 12,000 in 2014, before declining again to just over 5,000 by 2016.
Meanwhile, Google’s stock price remained relatively unchanged, hovering around 1,000 throughout the five-year period.