Welltower (NYSE:WELL) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 9.88% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 21.72%. Currently, Welltower has a market capitalization of $167.36 billion.

Buying $1000 In WELL: If an investor had bought $1000 of WELL stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $2,678.02 today based on a price of $232.26 for WELL at the time of writing.

Welltower’s Performance Over Last 5 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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