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“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 2019.
Start date: | 06/06/2019 |
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End date: | 06/05/2024 | ||||
Start price/share: | $78.18 | ||||
End price/share: | $90.74 | ||||
Starting shares: | 127.91 | ||||
Ending shares: | 127.91 | ||||
Dividends reinvested/share: | $0.00 | ||||
Total return: | 16.07% | ||||
Average annual return: | 3.02% | ||||
Starting investment: | $10,000.00 | ||||
Ending investment: | $11,604.95 |
As we can see, the five year investment result worked out as follows, with an annualized rate of return of 3.02%. This would have turned a $10K investment made 5 years ago into $11,604.95 today (as of 06/05/2024). On a total return basis, that’s a result of 16.07% (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 investment quote to leave you with:
“While it might seem that anyone can be a value investor, the essential characteristics of this type of investor-patience, discipline, and risk aversion-may well be genetically determined.” — Seth Klarman