If You Invested $100 In This Stock 15 Years Ago, You Would Have $1,200 Today

Vertex Pharmaceuticals VRTX has outperformed the market over the past 15 years by 6.9% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 18.94%. Currently, Vertex Pharmaceuticals has a market capitalization of $119.59 billion.

Buying $100 In VRTX: If an investor had bought $100 of VRTX stock 15 years ago, it would be worth $1,217.85 today based on a price of $463.36 for VRTX at the time of writing.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals'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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