Benzinga | Dec 17, 2021 09:42AM EST

$1000 Invested In This Stock Over The Last 5 Years, Would Be Worth This Much

GameStop (NYSE:GME) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 25.34% on an annualized basis.

Buying $1,000 In GME: 5 years ago, an investor could have purchased 38.61 shares of GameStop at the time with $1,000. This investment in GME would have produced an average annual return of 40.81%. Currently, GameStop has a market capitalization of $11.05 billion.

GameStop's Share Price Over Last 5 Years

This $1,000 investment would be worth $5,582.63 today based on a price of $144.71 for GME at the time of writing. In other words, you would have more than 5X'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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