American Financial Group AFG has outperformed the market over the past 20 years by 1.29% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 9.37%. Currently, American Financial Group has a market capitalization of $10.39 billion.

Buying $100 In AFG: If an investor had bought $100 of AFG stock 20 years ago, it would be worth $599.42 today based on a price of $123.72 for AFG at the time of writing.

American Financial Group'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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