Here's How Much You Would Have Made Owning Nucor Stock In The Last 5 Years

Nucor NUE has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 8.75% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 21.83%. Currently, Nucor has a market capitalization of $27.38 billion.

Buying $1000 In NUE: If an investor had bought $1000 of NUE stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $2,610.46 today based on a price of $118.75 for NUE at the time of writing.

Nucor'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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