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

Union Pacific UNP has outperformed the market over the past 15 years by 2.79% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 15.06%. Currently, Union Pacific has a market capitalization of $150.41 billion.

Buying $100 In UNP: If an investor had bought $100 of UNP stock 15 years ago, it would be worth $806.14 today based on a price of $248.10 for UNP at the time of writing.

Union Pacific'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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