Here's How Much You Would Have Made Owning American Water Works Co Stock In The Last 15 Years

American Water Works Co (NYSE:AWK) has outperformed the market over the past 15 years by 1.8% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 13.78%. Currently, American Water Works Co has a market capitalization of $27.08 billion.

Buying $1000 In AWK: If an investor had bought $1000 of AWK stock 15 years ago, it would be worth $6,907.46 today based on a price of $138.84 for AWK at the time of writing.

American Water Works Co'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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