If You Invested $1000 In This Stock 5 Years Ago, You Would Have $2,100 Today

Yamana Gold AUY has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 6.66% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 15.31%. Currently, Yamana Gold has a market capitalization of $5.05 billion.

Buying $1000 In AUY: If an investor had bought $1000 of AUY stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $2,070.87 today based on a price of $5.26 for AUY at the time of writing.

Yamana Gold's Performance Over Last 5 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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