If You Invested $1000 In This Stock 20 Years Ago, You Would Have $8,500 Today

Valero Energy VLO has outperformed the market over the past 20 years by 3.12% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 11.22%. Currently, Valero Energy has a market capitalization of $49.00 billion.

Buying $1000 In VLO: If an investor had bought $1000 of VLO stock 20 years ago, it would be worth $8,541.96 today based on a price of $149.85 for VLO at the time of writing.

Valero Energy'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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