Lithia Motors (NYSE:LAD) has outperformed the market over the past 15 years by 15.83% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 27.68%. Currently, Lithia Motors has a market capitalization of $9.00 billion.

Buying $1000 In LAD: If an investor had bought $1000 of LAD stock 15 years ago, it would be worth $39,430.38 today based on a price of $342.65 for LAD at the time of writing.

Lithia Motors'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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