Here's How Much You Would Have Made Owning Caterpillar Stock In The Last 15 Years

Caterpillar CAT has outperformed the market over the past 15 years by 1.62% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 8.99%. Currently, Caterpillar has a market capitalization of $134.51 billion.

Buying $1000 In CAT: If an investor had bought $1000 of CAT stock 15 years ago, it would be worth $3,779.20 today based on a price of $258.46 for CAT at the time of writing.

Caterpillar's Performance Over Last 15 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.