If You Invested $1000 In This Stock 20 Years Ago, You Would Have $17,000 Today

Gilead Sciences GILD has outperformed the market over the past 20 years by 8.0% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 15.52%. Currently, Gilead Sciences has a market capitalization of $107.33 billion.

Buying $1000 In GILD: If an investor had bought $1000 of GILD stock 20 years ago, it would be worth $17,363.77 today based on a price of $85.57 for GILD at the time of writing.

Gilead Sciences'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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