If You Invested $1000 In This Stock 10 Years Ago, You Would Have $3,800 Today

Southwest Airlines LUV has outperformed the market over the past 10 years by 3.98% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 14.06%. Currently, Southwest Airlines has a market capitalization of $19.53 billion.

Buying $1000 In LUV: If an investor had bought $1000 of LUV stock 10 years ago, it would be worth $3,762.29 today based on a price of $32.92 for LUV at the time of writing.

Southwest Airlines's Performance Over Last 10 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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