If You Invested $100 In This Stock 15 Years Ago, You Would Have $500 Today

Delta Air Lines DAL has outperformed the market over the past 15 years by 2.04% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 10.62%. Currently, Delta Air Lines has a market capitalization of $26.83 billion.

Buying $100 In DAL: If an investor had bought $100 of DAL stock 15 years ago, it would be worth $512.92 today based on a price of $41.70 for DAL at the time of writing.

Delta Air Lines'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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