If You Invested $1000 In This Stock 5 Years Ago, You Would Have $2,500 Today

Danaher DHR has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 11.95% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 19.81%. Currently, Danaher has a market capitalization of $180.93 billion.

Buying $1000 In DHR: If an investor had bought $1000 of DHR stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $2,474.78 today based on a price of $248.34 for DHR at the time of writing.

Danaher'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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