Here's How Much You Would Have Made Owning American Express Stock In The Last 20 Years

American Express (NYSE:AXP) has outperformed the market over the past 20 years by 1.14% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 9.21%. Currently, American Express has a market capitalization of $187.11 billion.

Buying $100 In AXP: If an investor had bought $100 of AXP stock 20 years ago, it would be worth $582.26 today based on a price of $267.07 for AXP at the time of writing.

American Express'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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