If You Invested $100 In This Stock 15 Years Ago, You Would Have $600 Today

Applied Mat AMAT has outperformed the market over the past 15 years by 5.39% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 12.07%. Currently, Applied Mat has a market capitalization of $81.25 billion.

Buying $100 In AMAT: If an investor had bought $100 of AMAT stock 15 years ago, it would be worth $552.79 today based on a price of $96.25 for AMAT at the time of writing.

Applied Mat'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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