If You Invested $1000 In This Stock 20 Years Ago, You Would Have $5,100 Today

Chevron CVX has outperformed the market over the past 20 years by 1.01% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 8.5%. Currently, Chevron has a market capitalization of $335.25 billion.

Buying $1000 In CVX: If an investor had bought $1000 of CVX stock 20 years ago, it would be worth $5,127.81 today based on a price of $174.70 for CVX at the time of writing.

Chevron'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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