If You Invested $1000 In This Stock 15 Years Ago, You Would Have $38,000 Today

DexCom DXCM has outperformed the market over the past 15 years by 15.18% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 27.38%. Currently, DexCom has a market capitalization of $29.14 billion.

Buying $1000 In DXCM: If an investor had bought $1000 of DXCM stock 15 years ago, it would be worth $37,830.95 today based on a price of $72.73 for DXCM at the time of writing.

DexCom's Performance Over Last 15 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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