Benzinga | Dec 2, 2021 12:08PM EST

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

Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ:COST) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 12.91% on an annualized basis.

Buying $100.00 In COST: 5 years ago, an investor could have purchased 0.66 shares of Costco Wholesale at the time with $100.00. This investment in COST would have produced an average annual return of 28.38%. Currently, Costco Wholesale has a market capitalization of $232.74 billion.

Costco Wholesale's Share Price Over Last 5 Years

This $100.00 investment would be worth $375.73 today based on a price of $526.78 for COST at the time of writing. In other words, you would have more than tripled 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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