If You Invested $1000 In This Stock 20 Years Ago, You Would Have $12,000 Today

Nucor NUE has outperformed the market over the past 20 years by 5.41% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 12.93%. Currently, Nucor has a market capitalization of $38.47 billion.

Buying $1000 In NUE: If an investor had bought $1000 of NUE stock 20 years ago, it would be worth $11,679.79 today based on a price of $156.48 for NUE at the time of writing.

Nucor'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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