Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) has outperformed the market over the past 10 years by 2.85% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 13.56%. Currently, Caterpillar has a market capitalization of $178.28 billion.
Buying $1000 In CAT: If an investor had bought $1000 of CAT stock 10 years ago, it would be worth $3,581.36 today based on a price of $357.01 for CAT at the time of writing.
Caterpillar's Performance Over Last 10 Years
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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