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“Only buy something that you’d be perfectly happy to hold if the market shut down for 10 years.”

— Warren Buffett

The Warren Buffett investment philosophy calls for a long-term investment horizon, where a ten year holding period, or even longer, would fit right into the strategy. How would such a strategy have worked out for an investment into F5 Inc (NASD: FFIV)? Today, we examine the outcome of a ten year investment into the stock back in 2012.

Start date: 09/24/2012
$10,000

09/24/2012
  $13,361

09/22/2022
End date: 09/22/2022
Start price/share: $109.03
End price/share: $145.66
Starting shares: 91.72
Ending shares: 91.72
Dividends reinvested/share: $0.00
Total return: 33.60%
Average annual return: 2.94%
Starting investment: $10,000.00
Ending investment: $13,361.08

The above analysis shows the ten year investment result worked out as follows, with an annualized rate of return of 2.94%. This would have turned a $10K investment made 10 years ago into $13,361.08 today (as of 09/22/2022). On a total return basis, that’s a result of 33.60% (something to think about: how might FFIV shares perform over the next 10 years?). [These numbers were computed with the Dividend Channel DRIP Returns Calculator.]

More investment wisdom to ponder:
“As long as you enjoy investing, you’ll be willing to do the homework and stay in the game.” — Jim Cramer