Wheaton Precious Metals (NYSE:WPM) has outperformed the market over the past 20 years by 4.91% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 13.99%. Currently, Wheaton Precious Metals has a market capitalization of $62.97 billion.

Buying $1000 In WPM: If an investor had bought $1000 of WPM stock 20 years ago, it would be worth $14,668.43 today based on a price of $138.09 for WPM at the time of writing.

Wheaton Precious Metals’s Performance Over Last 20 Years

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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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