If You Invested $1000 In This Stock 20 Years Ago, You Would Have $9,600 Today

Home Depot HD has outperformed the market over the past 20 years by 3.78% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 11.88%. Currently, Home Depot has a market capitalization of $360.07 billion.

Buying $1000 In HD: If an investor had bought $1000 of HD stock 20 years ago, it would be worth $9,627.84 today based on a price of $362.50 for HD at the time of writing.

Home Depot'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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