$1000 Invested In This Stock 20 Years Ago Would Be Worth $14,000 Today

American Tower AMT has outperformed the market over the past 20 years by 5.99% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 14.04%. Currently, American Tower has a market capitalization of $83.90 billion.

Buying $1000 In AMT: If an investor had bought $1000 of AMT stock 20 years ago, it would be worth $13,575.09 today based on a price of $179.68 for AMT at the time of writing.

American Tower's Performance Over Last 20 Years

Finally -- what's the point of all this? The key insight to take from this article is to note how much of a difference compounded returns can make in your cash growth over a period of time.

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