If You Invested $1000 In This Stock 15 Years Ago, You Would Have $5,200 Today

VMware VMW has outperformed the market over the past 15 years by 1.31% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 12.06%. Currently, VMware has a market capitalization of $62.61 billion.

Buying $1000 In VMW: If an investor had bought $1000 of VMW stock 15 years ago, it would be worth $5,225.01 today based on a price of $145.00 for VMW at the time of writing.

VMware'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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