If You Invested $100 In This Stock 15 Years Ago, You Would Have $500 Today

NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) has outperformed the market over the past 15 years by 1.25% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 11.5%. Currently, NextEra Energy has a market capitalization of $107.01 billion.

Buying $100 In NEE: If an investor had bought $100 of NEE stock 15 years ago, it would be worth $485.56 today based on a price of $52.88 for NEE at the time of writing.

NextEra Energy's Performance Over Last 15 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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