American Water Works AWK has outperformed the market by 5.99% on an annualized basis over the past 15 years and has produced a compound annual return of 13.52%. Currently, American Water Works has a market cap of $27.93 billion.

Purchase of $1000 in AWK: If an investor bought $1,000 worth of AWK stock 15 years ago, it would have been worth it $6,759.30 today based on a price of $143.50 for AWK at the time of writing.

American Water Works performance over the past 15 years

Finally: What is the point of all this? The most important takeaway from this article is how big a difference total return can make to your cash growth over a period of time.

This article was generated by Benzinga’s automated content engine and reviewed by an editor.