Here's How Much You Would Have Made Owning West Pharmaceutical Servs Stock In The Last 15 Years

West Pharmaceutical Servs WST has outperformed the market over the past 15 years by 12.12% on an annualized basis.

Buying $1,000 In WST: 15 years ago, an investor could have purchased 40.06 shares of West Pharmaceutical Servs at the time with $1,000. This investment in WST would have produced an average annual return of 20.49%. Currently, West Pharmaceutical Servs has a market capitalization of $30.62 billion.

West Pharmaceutical Servs's Share Price Over Last 15 Years

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This $1,000 investment would be worth $19,740.5 today based on a price of $413.38 for WST at the time of writing. In other words, you would have more than 10X'd your money.

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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