“When we own portions of outstanding businesses with outstanding managements, our favorite holding period is forever.”
— Warren Buffett
The Warren Buffett investment philosophy calls for a long-term investment horizon, where a twenty year holding period, or even longer, would fit right into the strategy. How would such a strategy have worked out for an investment into Electronic Arts, Inc. (NASD: EA)? Today, we examine the outcome of a twenty year investment into the stock back in 2000.
| Start date: | 06/02/2000 |
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| End date: | 06/01/2020 | ||||
| Start price/share: | $71.69 | ||||
| End price/share: | $122.78 | ||||
| Starting shares: | 139.49 | ||||
| Ending shares: | 139.49 | ||||
| Dividends reinvested/share: | $0.00 | ||||
| Total return: | 71.27% | ||||
| Average annual return: | 2.73% | ||||
| Starting investment: | $10,000.00 | ||||
| Ending investment: | $17,142.49 | ||||
The above analysis shows the twenty year investment result worked out as follows, with an annualized rate of return of 2.73%. This would have turned a $10K investment made 20 years ago into $17,142.49 today (as of 06/01/2020). On a total return basis, that’s a result of 71.27% (something to think about: how might EA shares perform over the next 20 years?). [These numbers were computed with the Dividend Channel DRIP Returns Calculator.]
One more investment quote to leave you with:
“A stock is not just a ticker symbol or an electronic blip; it is an ownership interest in an actual business, with an underlying value that does not depend on its share price.” — Benjamin Graham
