$100 Invested In American Express 5 Years Ago Would Be Worth This Much Today

American Express AXP has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 13.76% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 28.32%. Currently, American Express has a market capitalization of $226.70 billion.

Buying $100 In AXP: If an investor had bought $100 of AXP stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $335.04 today based on a price of $323.58 for AXP at the time of writing.

American Express'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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