If You Invested $1000 In This Stock 20 Years Ago, You Would Have $16,000 Today - Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) (2024)

Microsoft MSFT has outperformed the market over the past 20 years by 7.1% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 15.03%. Currently, Microsoft has a market capitalization of $3.07 trillion.

Buying $1000 In MSFT: If an investor had bought $1000 of MSFT stock 20 years ago, it would be worth $16,279.07 today based on a price of $413.00 for MSFT at the time of writing.

Microsoft'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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