If You Invested $1000 In This Stock 10 Years Ago, Here's How Much You Would Have Today

Southwest Airlines LUV has outperformed the market over the past 10 years by 5.19% on an annualized basis.

Buying $1,000 In LUV: 10 years ago, an investor could have purchased 120.77 shares of Southwest Airlines at the time with $1,000. This investment in LUV would have produced an average annual return of 16.92%. Currently, Southwest Airlines has a market capitalization of $23.79 billion.

Southwest Airlines's Share Price Over Last 10 Years

This $1,000 investment would be worth $4,849.03 today based on a price of $40.16 for LUV 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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