The stocks Kanye West purchased for Kim Kardashian are up by 40 per cent

Kanye West appears to have a knack for gift-giving - as one of the Christmas presents he gave to wife Kim Kardashian last year has since earned her thousands.

For the holidays, the rapper purchased Kardashian hundreds of thousands of pounds in stock in five major companies - Apple, Disney, Amazon, Adidas and Netflix.

Less than a year later, a majority of Kardashian’s investments have skyrocketed - with the reality star’s stocks currently up an average of 40 per cent, according to the latest market information.

The most profitable stock options for Kardashian have proven to be Netflix and Amazon, with Netflix increasing 61 per cent and Amazon up 74 per cent.

The only shares that haven’t been profitable are Kardashian’s Disney shares - which are down by two per cent since December.

Although the actual amount of stock in each company West purchased for his wife is unknown, an Instagram story taken by Kardashian of the generous gifts showed off 995 Adidas shares and 920 shares in Disney.

If Kanye bought the equivalent value in shares for the other companies as he did for Adidas and Disney, then Kim's overall profits would be $185,000.

At the time, she’d referred to West as the “best husband ever.”

Even without the lucrative gift, Kim Kardashian is reportedly worth £266m ($350m​), according to Forbes.