Alamos Gold (NYSE:AGI) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 12.72% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 27.3%. Currently, Alamos Gold has a market capitalization of $8.42 billion.

Buying $100 In AGI: If an investor had bought $100 of AGI stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $343.41 today based on a price of $20.05 for AGI at the time of writing.

Alamos Gold'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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