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

Waste Management (NYSE:WM) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 3.69% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 18.25%. Currently, Waste Management has a market capitalization of $94.54 billion.

Buying $1000 In WM: If an investor had bought $1000 of WM stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $2,312.40 today based on a price of $234.94 for WM at the time of writing.

Waste Management'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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