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

Applied Mat AMAT has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 7.45% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 22.29%. Currently, Applied Mat has a market capitalization of $130.44 billion.

Buying $100 In AMAT: If an investor had bought $100 of AMAT stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $267.33 today based on a price of $160.50 for AMAT at the time of writing.

Applied Mat'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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