$1000 Invested In This Stock 20 Years Ago Would Be Worth $12,000 Today

McDonald's MCD has outperformed the market over the past 20 years by 5.21% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 13.02%. Currently, McDonald's has a market capitalization of $195.41 billion.

Buying $1000 In MCD: If an investor had bought $1000 of MCD stock 20 years ago, it would be worth $11,696.00 today based on a price of $263.17 for MCD at the time of writing.

McDonald's's Performance Over Last 20 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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