“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 T-Mobile US Inc (NASD: TMUS)? Today, we examine the outcome of a five year investment into the stock back in 2018.
| Start date: | 04/26/2018 |
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| End date: | 04/25/2023 | ||||
| Start price/share: | $64.10 | ||||
| End price/share: | $148.00 | ||||
| Starting shares: | 156.01 | ||||
| Ending shares: | 156.01 | ||||
| Dividends reinvested/share: | $0.00 | ||||
| Total return: | 130.89% | ||||
| Average annual return: | 18.22% | ||||
| Starting investment: | $10,000.00 | ||||
| Ending investment: | $23,091.64 | ||||
As shown above, the five year investment result worked out exceptionally well, with an annualized rate of return of 18.22%. This would have turned a $10K investment made 5 years ago into $23,091.64 today (as of 04/25/2023). On a total return basis, that’s a result of 130.89% (something to think about: how might TMUS shares perform over the next 5 years?). [These numbers were computed with the Dividend Channel DRIP Returns Calculator.]
More investment wisdom to ponder:
“I made my money by selling too soon.” — Bernard Baruch
