If You Invested $100 In This Stock 5 Years Ago, You Would Have This Much Today

Aflac AFL has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 7.26% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 20.51%. Currently, Aflac has a market capitalization of $55.78 billion.

Buying $100 In AFL: If an investor had bought $100 of AFL stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $242.66 today based on a price of $102.83 for AFL at the time of writing.

Aflac'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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