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

Microsoft MSFT has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 13.17% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 20.22%. Currently, Microsoft has a market capitalization of $1.74 trillion.

Buying $1000 In MSFT: If an investor had bought $1000 of MSFT stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $2,479.45 today based on a price of $232.93 for MSFT at the time of writing.

Microsoft's Performance Over Last 5 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.