If You Invested $1000 In This Stock 15 Years Ago, You Would Have $3,200 Today

Xcel Energy XEL has outperformed the market over the past 15 years by 1.69% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 8.02%. Currently, Xcel Energy has a market capitalization of $35.55 billion.

Buying $1000 In XEL: If an investor had bought $1000 of XEL stock 15 years ago, it would be worth $3,159.73 today based on a price of $65.28 for XEL at the time of writing.

Xcel Energy'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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