If You Invested $100 In Home Depot Stock 20 Years Ago, You Would Have This Much Today

Home Depot (NYSE:HD) has outperformed the market over the past 20 years by 2.6% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 11.38%. Currently, Home Depot has a market capitalization of $352.69 billion.

Buying $100 In HD: If an investor had bought $100 of HD stock 20 years ago, it would be worth $870.01 today based on a price of $354.28 for HD at the time of writing.

Home Depot'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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