Benzinga | Dec 28, 2021 10:23AM EST

$1000 Invested In This Stock 20 Years Ago, Would Be Worth This Much

Realty Income (NYSE:O) has outperformed the market over the past 20 years by 1.04% on an annualized basis.

Buying $1,000 In O: 20 years ago, an investor could have purchased 69.89 shares of Realty Income at the time with $1,000. This investment in O would have produced an average annual return of 8.3%. Currently, Realty Income has a market capitalization of $40.14 billion.

Realty Income's Share Price Over Last 20 Years

If you had invested $1,000 in Realty Income you would have approximately $4,950.44 today.

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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