“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 Fiserv Inc (NASD: FISV)? Today, we examine the outcome of a decade-long investment into the stock back in 2010.
| Start date: | 10/28/2010 |
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| End date: | 10/27/2020 | ||||
| Start price/share: | $13.54 | ||||
| End price/share: | $96.61 | ||||
| Starting shares: | 738.55 | ||||
| Ending shares: | 738.55 | ||||
| Dividends reinvested/share: | $0.00 | ||||
| Total return: | 613.52% | ||||
| Average annual return: | 21.70% | ||||
| Starting investment: | $10,000.00 | ||||
| Ending investment: | $71,346.57 | ||||
The above analysis shows the decade-long investment result worked out exceptionally well, with an annualized rate of return of 21.70%. This would have turned a $10K investment made 10 years ago into $71,346.57 today (as of 10/27/2020). On a total return basis, that’s a result of 613.52% (something to think about: how might FISV shares perform over the next 10 years?). [These numbers were computed with the Dividend Channel DRIP Returns Calculator.]
Here’s one more great investment quote before you go:
“Anyone who is not investing now is missing a tremendous opportunity.” — Carlos Slim
