American Tower (NYSE:AMT) has outperformed the market over the past 20 years by 1.0% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 9.77%. Currently, American Tower has a market capitalization of $85.32 billion.

Buying $100 In AMT: If an investor had bought $100 of AMT stock 20 years ago, it would be worth $647.75 today based on a price of $182.25 for AMT at the time of writing.

American Tower'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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