Nucor (NYSE:NUE) has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 10.91% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 25.45%. Currently, Nucor has a market capitalization of $36.61 billion.

Buying $100 In NUE: If an investor had bought $100 of NUE stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $304.32 today based on a price of $152.71 for NUE at the time of writing.

Nucor'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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