$1000 Invested In This Stock 10 Years Ago Would Be Worth $4,700 Today

Waste Management WM has outperformed the market over the past 10 years by 6.66% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 16.61%. Currently, Waste Management has a market capitalization of $64.80 billion.

Buying $1000 In WM: If an investor had bought $1000 of WM stock 10 years ago, it would be worth $4,679.61 today based on a price of $157.87 for WM at the time of writing.

Waste Management's Performance Over Last 10 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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