If You Invested $100 In This Stock 10 Years Ago, Here's How Much You Would Have Today

Canadian Pacific Railway CP has outperformed the market over the past 10 years by 4.52% on an annualized basis.

Buying $100 In CP: 10 years ago, an investor could have purchased 7.38 shares of Canadian Pacific Railway at the time with $100. This investment in CP would have produced an average annual return of 18.49%. Currently, Canadian Pacific Railway has a market capitalization of $68.57 billion.

Canadian Pacific Railway's Share Price Over Last 10 Years

This $100 investment would be worth $544.51 today based on a price of $73.77 for CP at the time of writing.

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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