If You Invested $1000 In This Stock 15 Years Ago, You Would Have $12,000 Today

Mettler-Toledo Intl MTD has outperformed the market over the past 15 years by 9.16% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 17.76%. Currently, Mettler-Toledo Intl has a market capitalization of $27.37 billion.

Buying $1000 In MTD: If an investor had bought $1000 of MTD stock 15 years ago, it would be worth $11,662.80 today based on a price of $1251.82 for MTD at the time of writing.

Mettler-Toledo 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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