“I buy on the assumption that they could close the market the next day and not reopen it for five years.”
— Warren Buffett
The Warren Buffett investment philosophy calls for a long-term investment horizon, where a five year holding period, or even longer, would fit right into the strategy. How would such a strategy have worked out for an investment into FleetCor Technologies Inc (NYSE: FLT)? Today, we examine the outcome of a five year investment into the stock back in 2016.
| Start date: | 08/11/2016 |
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| End date: | 08/10/2021 | ||||
| Start price/share: | $164.72 | ||||
| End price/share: | $263.61 | ||||
| Starting shares: | 60.71 | ||||
| Ending shares: | 60.71 | ||||
| Dividends reinvested/share: | $0.00 | ||||
| Total return: | 60.04% | ||||
| Average annual return: | 9.86% | ||||
| Starting investment: | $10,000.00 | ||||
| Ending investment: | $16,002.87 | ||||
As we can see, the five year investment result worked out well, with an annualized rate of return of 9.86%. This would have turned a $10K investment made 5 years ago into $16,002.87 today (as of 08/10/2021). On a total return basis, that’s a result of 60.04% (something to think about: how might FLT shares perform over the next 5 years?). [These numbers were computed with the Dividend Channel DRIP Returns Calculator.]
One more piece of investment wisdom to leave you with:
“The greater the passive income you can build, the freer you will become.” — Todd Fleming
