Here's How Much You Would Have Made Owning American Express Stock In The Last 15 Years

American Express AXP has outperformed the market over the past 15 years by 2.47% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 13.88%. Currently, American Express has a market capitalization of $119.35 billion.

Buying $100 In AXP: If an investor had bought $100 of AXP stock 15 years ago, it would be worth $734.30 today based on a price of $163.77 for AXP at the time of writing.

American Express'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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