If You Invested $100 In This Stock 20 Years Ago, You Would Have $5,000 Today

O'Reilly Automotive ORLY has outperformed the market over the past 20 years by 14.04% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 21.57%. Currently, O'Reilly Automotive has a market capitalization of $55.77 billion.

Buying $100 In ORLY: If an investor had bought $100 of ORLY stock 20 years ago, it would be worth $4,972.05 today based on a price of $942.70 for ORLY at the time of writing.

O'Reilly Automotive'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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