Commercial Metals (NYSE:CMC) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 13.77% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 26.8%. Currently, Commercial Metals has a market capitalization of $6.06 billion.

Buying $100 In CMC: If an investor had bought $100 of CMC stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $339.51 today based on a price of $52.69 for CMC at the time of writing.

Commercial Metals's Performance Over Last 5 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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