If You Invested $1000 In This Stock 5 Years Ago, Here's How Much You Would Have Today

American Water Works Co AWK has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 3.86% on an annualized basis.

Buying $1,000 In AWK: 5 years ago, an investor could have purchased 14.15 shares of American Water Works Co at the time with $1,000. This investment in AWK would have produced an average annual return of 18.96%. Currently, American Water Works Co has a market capitalization of $30.65 billion.

American Water Works Co's Share Price Over Last 5 Years

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This $1,000 investment would be worth $2,386.90 today based on a price of $168.86 for AWK 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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