If You Invested $1000 In This Stock 20 Years Ago, You Would Have $5,200 Today

Air Products & Chemicals APD has outperformed the market over the past 20 years by 1.29% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 8.68%. Currently, Air Products & Chemicals has a market capitalization of $59.58 billion.

Buying $1000 In APD: If an investor had bought $1000 of APD stock 20 years ago, it would be worth $5,220.30 today based on a price of $268.09 for APD at the time of writing.

Air Products & Chemicals'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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