Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ:ISRG) has outperformed the market over the past 15 years by 11.15% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 24.0%. Currently, Intuitive Surgical has a market capitalization of $152.57 billion.

Buying $100 In ISRG: If an investor had bought $100 of ISRG stock 15 years ago, it would be worth $2,509.73 today based on a price of $430.14 for ISRG at the time of writing.

Intuitive Surgical's Performance Over Last 15 Years

Finally -- what's the point of all this? The key insight to take from this article is to note how much of a difference compounded returns can make in your cash growth over a period of time.

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