“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 ten year holding period, or even longer, would fit right into the strategy. How would such a strategy have worked out for an investment into Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc (NYSE: CMG)? Today, we examine the outcome of a ten year investment into the stock back in 2011.
| Start date: | 04/25/2011 |
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| End date: | 04/22/2021 | ||||
| Start price/share: | $272.65 | ||||
| End price/share: | $1,480.00 | ||||
| Starting shares: | 36.68 | ||||
| Ending shares: | 36.68 | ||||
| Dividends reinvested/share: | $0.00 | ||||
| Total return: | 442.82% | ||||
| Average annual return: | 18.43% | ||||
| Starting investment: | $10,000.00 | ||||
| Ending investment: | $54,277.18 | ||||
The above analysis shows the ten year investment result worked out exceptionally well, with an annualized rate of return of 18.43%. This would have turned a $10K investment made 10 years ago into $54,277.18 today (as of 04/22/2021). On a total return basis, that’s a result of 442.82% (something to think about: how might CMG 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:
“October is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks. The others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August and February.” — Mark Twain
