Eagle Materials (NYSE:EXP) has outperformed the market over the past 15 years by 2.99% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 15.63%. Currently, Eagle Materials has a market capitalization of $7.74 billion.

Buying $1000 In EXP: If an investor had bought $1000 of EXP stock 15 years ago, it would be worth $9,075.90 today based on a price of $228.48 for EXP at the time of writing.

Eagle Materials'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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