If You Invested $1000 In This Stock 20 Years Ago, You Would Have $7,800 Today

Ecolab ECL has outperformed the market over the past 20 years by 2.37% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 10.77%. Currently, Ecolab has a market capitalization of $69.18 billion.

Buying $1000 In ECL: If an investor had bought $1000 of ECL stock 20 years ago, it would be worth $7,764.42 today based on a price of $242.25 for ECL at the time of writing.

Ecolab'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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