Benzinga | Oct 29, 2021 12:09PM EDT

Here's How Much You Would Have Made Owning Amerco Stock In The Last 5 Years

Amerco (NASDAQ:UHAL) has outperformed the market over the past 90 days by 21.66%, generating a 25.45% return for its investors over the time period. Now, given this information, it may seem like price appreciation alone is the best way to have made money on this stock, that's not actually the case.

This is because Amerco has been paying out a regular cash dividend every year over the past 5 years. Investors who fail to account for dividends are missing a key ingredient in calculating a stock's profitability over time.

The following chart shows how your money would have grown over the years, with and without re-investing dividends.

Visualizing Amerco's Return Over Last 5 Years

If you had invested $100 in Amerco you would have approximately $238.01 today.

In other words, you would have more than doubled your money.

By looking at the price chart of UHAL's common stock one can see that price appreciation alone misses a fair bit of value if one's considering holding the stock for a long period of time. This is the case for other equities too; check out all Benzinga's dividend data here or in an enhanced view on Benzinga Pro.