If You Invested $1000 In This Stock 20 Years Ago, You Would Have $8,100 Today

Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) has outperformed the market over the past 20 years by 3.56% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 11.01%. Currently, Caterpillar has a market capitalization of $120.28 billion.

Buying $1000 In CAT: If an investor had bought $1000 of CAT stock 20 years ago, it would be worth $8,063.57 today based on a price of $233.40 for CAT at the time of writing.

Caterpillar'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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