If You Invested $1000 In This Stock 20 Years Ago, You Would Have $6,000 Today

Kirby KEX has outperformed the market over the past 20 years by 1.14% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 9.37%. Currently, Kirby has a market capitalization of $6.68 billion.

Buying $1000 In KEX: If an investor had bought $1000 of KEX stock 20 years ago, it would be worth $5,961.24 today based on a price of $115.45 for KEX at the time of writing.

Kirby'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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