If You Invested $100 In This Stock 5 Years Ago, You Would Have This Much Today

Exxon Mobil XOM has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 1.69% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 16.44%. Currently, Exxon Mobil has a market capitalization of $476.39 billion.

Buying $100 In XOM: If an investor had bought $100 of XOM stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $203.77 today based on a price of $109.79 for XOM at the time of writing.

Exxon Mobil's Performance Over Last 5 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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