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

Digital Realty Trust DLR has outperformed the market over the past 20 years by 4.25% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 12.46%. Currently, Digital Realty Trust has a market capitalization of $51.12 billion.

Buying $1000 In DLR: If an investor had bought $1000 of DLR stock 20 years ago, it would be worth $10,656.14 today based on a price of $151.85 for DLR at the time of writing.

Digital Realty Trust'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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