Salesforce (NYSE:CRM) has outperformed the market over the past 15 years by 10.15% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 22.25%. Currently, Salesforce has a market capitalization of $285.84 billion.

Buying $1000 In CRM: If an investor had bought $1000 of CRM stock 15 years ago, it would be worth $20,405.53 today based on a price of $299.00 for CRM at the time of writing.

Salesforce'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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