$100 Invested In This Stock 5 Years Ago Would Be Worth This Much Today

MercadoLibre (NASDAQ:MELI) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 5.27% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 19.81%. Currently, MercadoLibre has a market capitalization of $126.08 billion.

Buying $100 In MELI: If an investor had bought $100 of MELI stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $249.72 today based on a price of $2487.01 for MELI at the time of writing.

MercadoLibre'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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