If You Invested $1000 In This Stock 15 Years Ago, You Would Have $3,500 Today

Marriott Intl MAR has outperformed the market over the past 15 years by 2.34% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 8.7%. Currently, Marriott Intl has a market capitalization of $49.16 billion.

Buying $1000 In MAR: If an investor had bought $1000 of MAR stock 15 years ago, it would be worth $3,526.22 today based on a price of $151.48 for MAR at the time of writing.

Marriott Intl's Performance Over Last 15 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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