If You Invested $1000 In This Stock 20 Years Ago, You Would Have $8,600 Today

Eaton Corp ETN has outperformed the market over the past 20 years by 4.07% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 11.36%. Currently, Eaton Corp has a market capitalization of $86.22 billion.

Buying $1000 In ETN: If an investor had bought $1000 of ETN stock 20 years ago, it would be worth $8,585.97 today based on a price of $216.09 for ETN at the time of writing.

Eaton Corp'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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