If You Invested $100 In This Stock 20 Years Ago, You Would Have $600 Today

Alaska Air Gr ALK has outperformed the market over the past 20 years by 1.25% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 8.76%. Currently, Alaska Air Gr has a market capitalization of $4.59 billion.

Buying $100 In ALK: If an investor had bought $100 of ALK stock 20 years ago, it would be worth $551.79 today based on a price of $35.87 for ALK at the time of writing.

Alaska Air Gr'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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