Commercial Metals (NYSE:CMC) has outperformed the market over the past 10 years by 1.14% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 12.31%. Currently, Commercial Metals has a market capitalization of $6.17 billion.

Buying $1000 In CMC: If an investor had bought $1000 of CMC stock 10 years ago, it would be worth $3,133.33 today based on a price of $53.66 for CMC at the time of writing.

Commercial Metals's Performance Over Last 10 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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