If You Invested $1000 In This Stock 10 Years Ago, You Would Have $3,500 Today

Aflac AFL has outperformed the market over the past 10 years by 2.38% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 13.2%. Currently, Aflac has a market capitalization of $58.69 billion.

Buying $1000 In AFL: If an investor had bought $1000 of AFL stock 10 years ago, it would be worth $3,467.46 today based on a price of $104.80 for AFL at the time of writing.

Aflac's Performance Over Last 10 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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