Wells Fargo WFC has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 1.35% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 18.23%. Currently, Wells Fargo has a market capitalization of $226.88 billion.

Buying $1000 In WFC: If an investor had bought $1000 of WFC stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $2,583.40 today based on a price of $69.00 for WFC at the time of writing.

Wells Fargo'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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