Wheaton Precious Metals (NYSE:WPM) has outperformed the market over the past 20 years by 7.8% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 16.64%. Currently, Wheaton Precious Metals has a market capitalization of $63.54 billion.

Buying $100 In WPM: If an investor had bought $100 of WPM stock 20 years ago, it would be worth $2,021.88 today based on a price of $139.95 for WPM at the time of writing.

Wheaton Precious Metals'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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