East West Bancorp (NASDAQ:EWBC) has outperformed the market over the past 15 years by 4.13% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 16.05%. Currently, East West Bancorp has a market capitalization of $11.32 billion.

Buying $100 In EWBC: If an investor had bought $100 of EWBC stock 15 years ago, it would be worth $927.14 today based on a price of $81.66 for EWBC at the time of writing.

East West Bancorp'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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