If You Invested $100 In This Stock 20 Years Ago, You Would Have $1,100 Today

Fastenal FAST has outperformed the market over the past 20 years by 5.19% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 12.86%. Currently, Fastenal has a market capitalization of $32.04 billion.

Buying $100 In FAST: If an investor had bought $100 of FAST stock 20 years ago, it would be worth $1,105.02 today based on a price of $56.08 for FAST at the time of writing.

Fastenal's Performance Over Last 20 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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