Fair Isaac (NYSE:FICO) has outperformed the market over the past 15 years by 22.53% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 33.95%. Currently, Fair Isaac has a market capitalization of $43.66 billion.

Buying $100 In FICO: If an investor had bought $100 of FICO stock 15 years ago, it would be worth $8,046.50 today based on a price of $1780.69 for FICO at the time of writing.

Fair Isaac'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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