$1000 Invested In This Stock 5 Years Ago Would Be Worth $2,400 Today

Caterpillar CAT has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 8.2% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 19.78%. Currently, Caterpillar has a market capitalization of $168.41 billion.

Buying $1000 In CAT: If an investor had bought $1000 of CAT stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $2,425.21 today based on a price of $337.25 for CAT at the time of writing.

Caterpillar's Performance Over Last 5 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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