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

McDonald's MCD has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 1.13% on an annualized basis.

Buying $100 In MCD: 5 years ago, an investor could have purchased 0.81 shares of McDonald's at the time with $100. This investment in MCD would have produced an average annual return of 16.52%. Currently, McDonald's has a market capitalization of $197.56 billion.

McDonald's's Share Price Over Last 5 Years

If you had invested $100 in McDonald's you would have approximately $214.83 today.

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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