If You Invested $100 In This Stock 15 Years Ago, You Would Have This Much Today

Costco Wholesale COST has outperformed the market over the past 15 years by 8.65% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 19.8%. Currently, Costco Wholesale has a market capitalization of $400.77 billion.

Buying $100 In COST: If an investor had bought $100 of COST stock 15 years ago, it would be worth $1,504.20 today based on a price of $903.27 for COST at the time of writing.

Costco Wholesale's Performance Over Last 15 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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