Here's How Much You Would Have Made Owning Applied Materials Stock In The Last 20 Years

Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT) has outperformed the market over the past 20 years by 4.99% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 13.68%. Currently, Applied Materials has a market capitalization of $203.70 billion.

Buying $100 In AMAT: If an investor had bought $100 of AMAT stock 20 years ago, it would be worth $1,316.55 today based on a price of $256.89 for AMAT at the time of writing.

Applied Materials's Performance Over Last 20 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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