“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 Akamai Technologies Inc (NASD: AKAM)? Today, we examine the outcome of a five year investment into the stock back in 2018.
| Start date: | 10/19/2018 |
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| End date: | 10/18/2023 | ||||
| Start price/share: | $64.24 | ||||
| End price/share: | $107.11 | ||||
| Starting shares: | 155.67 | ||||
| Ending shares: | 155.67 | ||||
| Dividends reinvested/share: | $0.00 | ||||
| Total return: | 66.73% | ||||
| Average annual return: | 10.77% | ||||
| Starting investment: | $10,000.00 | ||||
| Ending investment: | $16,676.73 | ||||
The above analysis shows the five year investment result worked out quite well, with an annualized rate of return of 10.77%. This would have turned a $10K investment made 5 years ago into $16,676.73 today (as of 10/18/2023). On a total return basis, that’s a result of 66.73% (something to think about: how might AKAM 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:
“There’s a virtuous cycle when people have to defend challenges to their ideas. Any gaps in thinking or analysis become clear pretty quickly when smart people ask good, logical questions.” — Joel Greenblatt
