Benzinga | Nov 15, 2021 12:07PM EST

$100 Invested In This Stock Over The Last 10 Years, Would Be Worth This Much

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) has outperformed the market over the past 10 years by 15.11% on an annualized basis.

Buying $100 In MSFT: 10 years ago, an investor could have purchased 4.0 shares of Microsoft at the time with $100. This investment in MSFT would have produced an average annual return of 29.72%. Currently, Microsoft has a market capitalization of $2.51 trillion.

Microsoft's Share Price Over Last 10 Years

If you had invested $100 in Microsoft you would have approximately $1,865.96 today.

In other words, you would have more than 10X'd your money.

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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