$1000 Invested In This Stock 20 Years Ago Would Be Worth $19,000 Today

McDonald's MCD has outperformed the market over the past 20 years by 7.84% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 15.93%. Currently, McDonald's has a market capitalization of $201.31 billion.

Buying $1000 In MCD: If an investor had bought $1000 of MCD stock 20 years ago, it would be worth $18,925.62 today based on a price of $274.85 for MCD at the time of writing.

McDonald's'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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