“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 Dollar Tree Inc (NASD: DLTR)? Today, we examine the outcome of a decade-long investment into the stock back in 2015.
| Start date: | 12/10/2015 |
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| End date: | 12/09/2025 | ||||
| Start price/share: | $77.81 | ||||
| End price/share: | $119.68 | ||||
| Starting shares: | 128.52 | ||||
| Ending shares: | 128.52 | ||||
| Dividends reinvested/share: | $0.00 | ||||
| Total return: | 53.81% | ||||
| Average annual return: | 4.40% | ||||
| Starting investment: | $10,000.00 | ||||
| Ending investment: | $15,385.35 | ||||
As shown above, the decade-long investment result worked out as follows, with an annualized rate of return of 4.40%. This would have turned a $10K investment made 10 years ago into $15,385.35 today (as of 12/09/2025). On a total return basis, that’s a result of 53.81% (something to think about: how might DLTR 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:
“Although it’s easy to forget sometimes, a share is not a lottery ticket… it’s part-ownership of a business.” — Peter Lynch
