If You Invested $100 In This Stock 15 Years Ago, You Would Have $800 Today

Illinois Tool Works ITW has outperformed the market over the past 15 years by 2.61% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 14.07%. Currently, Illinois Tool Works has a market capitalization of $72.10 billion.

Buying $100 In ITW: If an investor had bought $100 of ITW stock 15 years ago, it would be worth $752.07 today based on a price of $239.62 for ITW at the time of writing.

Illinois Tool Works'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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