Here's How Much You Would Have Made Owning Caterpillar Stock In The Last 10 Years

Caterpillar CAT has outperformed the market over the past 10 years by 2.36% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 12.29%. Currently, Caterpillar has a market capitalization of $147.63 billion.

Buying $100 In CAT: If an investor had bought $100 of CAT stock 10 years ago, it would be worth $318.73 today based on a price of $290.00 for CAT at the time of writing.

Caterpillar's Performance Over Last 10 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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