$1000 Invested In This Stock Over The Last 15 Years, Would Be Worth This Much

West Pharmaceutical Servs WST has outperformed the market over the past 15 years by 12.76% on an annualized basis.

Buying $1,000 In WST: 15 years ago, an investor could have purchased 40.98 shares of West Pharmaceutical Servs at the time with $1,000. This investment in WST would have produced an average annual return of 21.13%. Currently, West Pharmaceutical Servs has a market capitalization of $32.78 billion.

West Pharmaceutical Servs's Share Price Over Last 15 Years

If you had invested $1,000 in West Pharmaceutical Servs you would have approximately $21,362.42 today.

In other words, you would have more than 20X'd your money.

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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