Benzinga | Dec 3, 2021 12:18PM EST

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

Eli Lilly (NYSE:LLY) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 14.11% on an annualized basis.

Buying $1,000.00 In LLY: 5 years ago, an investor could have purchased 14.87 shares of Eli Lilly at the time with $1,000.00. This investment in LLY would have produced an average annual return of 29.4%. Currently, Eli Lilly has a market capitalization of $235.38 billion.

Eli Lilly's Share Price Over Last 5 Years

This $1,000.00 investment would be worth $4,060.22 today based on a price of $246.06 for LLY at the time of writing. In other words, you would have more than quadrupled 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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