Wheaton Precious Metals WPM has outperformed the market over the past 15 years by 1.08% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 13.72%. Currently, Wheaton Precious Metals has a market capitalization of $22.71 billion.

Buying $100 In WPM: If an investor had bought $100 of WPM stock 15 years ago, it would be worth $690.22 today based on a price of $50.11 for WPM at the time of writing.

Wheaton Precious Metals'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.

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