“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 decade-long holding period, or even longer, would fit right into the strategy. How would such a strategy have worked out for an investment into Hologic Inc (NASD: HOLX)? Today, we examine the outcome of a decade-long investment into the stock back in 2016.
| Start date: | 03/07/2016 |
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| End date: | 03/05/2026 | ||||
| Start price/share: | $34.79 | ||||
| End price/share: | $75.75 | ||||
| Starting shares: | 287.44 | ||||
| Ending shares: | 287.44 | ||||
| Dividends reinvested/share: | $0.00 | ||||
| Total return: | 117.73% | ||||
| Average annual return: | 8.09% | ||||
| Starting investment: | $10,000.00 | ||||
| Ending investment: | $21,769.84 | ||||
As shown above, the decade-long investment result worked out well, with an annualized rate of return of 8.09%. This would have turned a $10K investment made 10 years ago into $21,769.84 today (as of 03/05/2026). On a total return basis, that’s a result of 117.73% (something to think about: how might HOLX shares perform over the next 10 years?). [These numbers were computed with the Dividend Channel DRIP Returns Calculator.]
One more investment quote to leave you with:
“The policy of being too cautious is the greatest risk of all.” — Jawaharlal Nehru
