“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 Generac Holdings Inc (NYSE: GNRC)? Today, we examine the outcome of a five year investment into the stock back in 2020.
| Start date: | 09/10/2020 |
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| End date: | 09/09/2025 | ||||
| Start price/share: | $180.03 | ||||
| End price/share: | $181.80 | ||||
| Starting shares: | 55.55 | ||||
| Ending shares: | 55.55 | ||||
| Dividends reinvested/share: | $0.00 | ||||
| Total return: | 0.98% | ||||
| Average annual return: | 0.20% | ||||
| Starting investment: | $10,000.00 | ||||
| Ending investment: | $10,100.40 | ||||
As we can see, the five year investment result worked out as follows, with an annualized rate of return of 0.20%. This would have turned a $10K investment made 5 years ago into $10,100.40 today (as of 09/09/2025). On a total return basis, that’s a result of 0.98% (something to think about: how might GNRC 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:
“People who succeed in the stock market also accept periodic losses, setbacks, and unexpected occurrences. Calamitous drops do not scare them out of the game.” — Peter Lynch
