“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 Autodesk Inc (NASD: ADSK)? Today, we examine the outcome of a five year investment into the stock back in 2014.
| Start date: | 06/11/2014 |
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| End date: | 06/10/2019 | ||||
| Start price/share: | $54.09 | ||||
| End price/share: | $165.12 | ||||
| Starting shares: | 184.88 | ||||
| Ending shares: | 184.88 | ||||
| Dividends reinvested/share: | $0.00 | ||||
| Total return: | 205.27% | ||||
| Average annual return: | 25.01% | ||||
| Starting investment: | $10,000.00 | ||||
| Ending investment: | $30,529.79 | ||||
As shown above, the five year investment result worked out exceptionally well, with an annualized rate of return of 25.01%. This would have turned a $10K investment made 5 years ago into $30,529.79 today (as of 06/10/2019). On a total return basis, that’s a result of 205.27% (something to think about: how might ADSK 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:
“Sometimes buying early on the way down looks like being wrong, but it isn’t.” — Seth Klarman
