Walmart WMT has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 1.26% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 15.39%. Currently, Walmart has a market capitalization of $652.63 billion.

Buying $1000 In WMT: If an investor had bought $1000 of WMT stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $2,045.09 today based on a price of $81.19 for WMT at the time of writing.

Walmart’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.

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